The man who allegedly killed his brother and sister-in-law last month in Ellicott City, Maryland, thought his brother, a pharmacist, was poisoning people by administering COVID-19 vaccines, charging documents say.
Jeffrey Allen Burnham, 46, of Cumberland, was arrested in West Virginia last week in the deaths of his brother, Brian Robinette, 58, and Kelly Sue Robinette, 57, in their house Sept. 30. He鈥檚 been charged with two counts each of first- and second-degree murder, as well as weapons charges.
The Howard County police said he鈥檒l also be charged in the death of Rebecca Reynolds, 83, a friend of his mother鈥檚, in Allegany County. He allegedly took her car, the documents said.
Burnham鈥檚 mother told the Cumberland police that he had been telling her the FBI was coming after him.
She told Allegany County investigators that Burnham needed to 鈥渃onfront Brian based on his profession and him administering COVID vaccines,鈥� the documents said. 鈥淛effrey stated to [his mother] that he wanted to confront Brian about the government poisoning people with COVID vaccines and 鈥� he repeatedly said 鈥楤rian knows something!鈥欌��
The documents said Reynolds鈥� car was found near the Robinettes鈥� house, and their car was gone. They were found dead in the house, shot by a .40-caliber handgun. An empty box for such a gun was found in Burnham鈥檚 house, and Burnham was in his brother鈥檚 car when he was arrested.
A tipster told the Maryland State Police that Burnham pulled up to his house that afternoon, asked for gas and told them that his brother was 鈥渒illing people with the COVID shot,鈥� the documents said.
The that Burnham flagged down a firefighter in Davis, West Virginia, and said he 鈥渉ad been forced to kill three people.鈥�
