Rostraver Twp Killing Was Alleged Murder-For-Hire

October 20, 2023 5:00 am

ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP, Pa.- After details were kept secret for nearly a year, we now know that a fatal shooting in a Rostraver Township shopping plaza was an alleged murder-for-hire. According to court documents, Keven Van Lam (pictured) hired a man identified as “Tuan” to “take care” of his business partner, 49-year-old Boyke Budiarachman. Police say Van Lam believed his partner was sabotaging his business. The two went to dinner at a restaurant in that shopping plaza and that’s when police say Van Lam texted the alleged hitman, who was posing as a parking lot attendant – letting him know when they arrived and when they were leaving. That’s when Budiarachman was shot and killed. Court documents say surveillance video shows an unknown masked person shooting the victim as he was getting into his car. Police then say Van Lam drove to Philadelphia with a duffle bag stuffed with $65,000 in cash and left it in a planned location for the alleged hitman to pick up. Police say Van Lam confessed, saying he wanted Budiarachman to be hit in the legs with a baseball bat and then said the plot changed to shoot him. The defense team argues Van Lam never intended for Budiarachman to be killed. The magistrate judge held all of the charges against Van Lam, and this case will head to trial. The alleged hitman has not been identified.