'This cold-blooded killing of Rachel King was a targeted murder of an innocent person.'
Zakkee Steven Alhakim, 33, of Philadelphia, and Julie Jean, 34, of Elkins Park, are both charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Rachel King, a 35-year-old mother and teacher at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in Philadelphia."This cold-blooded killing of Rachel King was a targeted murder of an innocent person, planned by these two defendants and horrifically carried out in front of King's son," Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said.
On the day of the murder, Alhakim allegedly parked a Mercury Sable a short distance away, then walked to the driver's side of King's Ford Edge and shot her multiple times.King's 11-year-old son was in the backseat of the car at the time. He was not injured.she was taking her son to violin practice when she was shot.Investigators said King was followed from her home by the silver Mercury Sable driven by Alhakim.
Cell phone evidence determined that Jean added Alhakim's phone number under "Zah" to her contacts in mid-February.Authorities said Alhakim saved a screen capture to his phone of a Google map of the victim's apartment complex. There was a pin marking King's exact residence and a red arrow showing a route to travel directly to the victim's residence.
Minutes later, authorities said a screen capture of a photo montage of Rachel King was saved on Alhakim's phone.
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