Pinellas murder suspect arrested

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

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Erin Kitchen is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Kevin Salary.

Pinellas County deputies have arrested a suspect in connection with a homicide that occurred at the Oak Villa Apartments near St. Petersburg.

Kevin Salary was found dead inside an apartment at 4901 37th Street North early Wednesday morning.

Erin Kitchen, 23, of the same address, surrendered to detectives at the Pinellas County Jail on Wednesday afternoon. She is charged with first-degree murder.

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Salary lived in the apartment for a year with Kitchen and several relatives. Witnesses said several people, including children, were inside the apartment when Salary was killed. The witnesses say Kitchen was Salary's girlfriend.

Deputies said Salary died from upper-body trauma. They believe this was a case of domestic violence. The original call reporting the crime came in at about midnight Tuesday.

"We received two separate 911 calls about an injured person at that location," said an investigator.