Kent man charged with girlfriends murder, digs up her tombstone
Aug 5, 2011, 3:12 PM | Updated: Oct 10, 2012, 7:28 am
A Kent man charged with killing his teenage girlfriend is now accused of digging up her tombstone.
A judge has issued a restraining order against 25-year-old James Radtke after police say he replaced his girlfriend’s tombstone with one that had his name on it. He also spelled out her name, using Taco Bell wrappers.
In July, police arrested Radtke in connection with the shooting death of his girlfriend, 16-year-old Kelsey Carte, last December in Enumclaw.
On the night of the shooting, Carte’s mother called 9-1-1 to report that her daughter was at Radtke’s house. When police arrived at the residence, three men living there, one of them Radtke, said that she wasn’t there and didn’t permit the officers to enter.
Later that night the men drove Carte, suffering from a gunshot wound, to Enumclaw Community Hospital. She was dead on arrival.
