Man and woman killed in Mount Holly home; bloodied man in underwear taken away

A man and a woman were found dead inside their Burlington County home Saturday morning, authorities said, and shortly afterward, a bloodied man wearing only his underwear was handcuffed and taken away by ambulance.

A source familiar with the investigation said the man was a likely suspect in the killings.

Neighbors who reported seeing the bloodied man said they also saw police escort a handcuffed woman out of the house and into a patrol car.

The dead man and woman were found about 9 a.m. by a relative, who also lives in the twin home on the 200 block of Washington Street in Mount Holly, said Joel Bewley, a spokesman for the county Prosecutor's Office.

"They were killed. We are not giving out details of how it occurred," Bewley said.

But he added, "There is no need for the community to be alarmed." Police do not believe a suspect is on the loose, said a spokesman for the Mount Holly Police Department.

Denita Ford, 49, whose parents live in the other half of the twin, said she was called by a neighbor at 9:16 a.m. alerting her to police activity at her parents' home.

Ford, who lives across the street from her parents and the crime scene, said she saw the shoeless man, covered in blood and wearing only his underwear.

"He was full of blood from head to toe," she said. "It looked like blood was all over."

Ford also watched as the woman, who appeared to be in her 20s, was led out in handcuffs and placed in a patrol car.

Bewley would not confirm the neighbors' reports.

"Units are still out there trying to figure out what actually did happen," he said. He said the deaths are being investigated as a double homicide. No arrests have been made.

The identities of the victims had not been released by Saturday evening.

According to public records, a woman named Kim Kickssets, 52, lives at the Washington Street address.

Residents said the blue-collar neighborhood is a peaceful one, with at least two churches nearby on busy Washington Street. Three doors down from the victims' home is Mt. Moriah A.M.E. Church.

"It's usually a quiet neighborhood around here, and [something] like that is a shocker," said Chris Corcoran, who moved to the street about six months ago.

As night fell on the neighborhood, police had strung crime-scene tape around the victims' home, a blue two-story trimmed with white, its porch light on and a Christmas wreath still on the front door. The yellow tape also wrapped around the adjacent twin, in which Ford's parents and brother live, as well as several neighbors' homes.

Ford said a family of four or five people had moved into the house at 204 Washington about a year ago. She said they were friendly but mostly kept to themselves.

Her parents had told her they often heard "a ruckus" at the victims' home next door but were reluctant to get involved. Her parents were not at home Saturday morning, she said, but her brother was and had slept without hearing anything amiss.

"It's a tragedy that something like this happened," she said. "I am very sad for the people who have lost their lives."

Brian Fidiam, 16, who also lives across the street from the crime scene, also said the family kept to themselves.

"It's kind of strange," he said. "I would not even know anyone lives there."

Another across-the-street neighbor, 19-year-old Justin Martin, was surprised by the deaths.

"It's crazy," he said. "I've never seen anything like this. I could not believe something like this would happen in Mount Holly."