Kenan Adams-Kinard Claims He Was Buying Crack From Delbert Belton, WWII Vet Beaten To Death
Kenan Adams-Kinard
This image from the Spokane, Wash., Police Department shows Kenan Adams-Kinard, 16, who is being sought by police in connection with the beating death of an 88-year-old World War II veteran outside an Eagles lodge in Spokane on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. Police say they have arrested one of two teens suspected of fatally beating Delbert Belton in his car at random Wednesday night outside the lodge as he was waiting for a friend. Belton was found with serious head injuries and died in the hospital
One of two teens suspected of beating a WWII veteran to death is now claiming he was buying crack cocaine from the 88-year-old prior to the incident. Kenan Adams-Kinard, 16, told friends that the death of Delbert "Shorty" Belton was the result of a drug deal that turned violent, according to an affidavit from prosecutors obtained NBC News.
Court documents also include a letter, allegedly signed by Adams-Kinard, that stated he and fellow suspect Demetrius Glenn, also 16, were buying a "zip of crack cocaine from Shorty" and then later "proceeded to sock him." Spokane police, however, stated they "have no evidence to support that" and Glenn's lawyer told NBC that "it doesn't seem plausible to me."
Belton's daughter-in-law, Barbara Belton, called the crack claim "a bunch of crock" and asserted that Belton "was not into drugs." Belton, who survived a bullet at the Battle of Okinawa, was beaten to death in a parking lot in Spokane, Wash. late on Aug. 21.
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