KULPMONT - Three search warrants issued in the suspicious death investigation of Kortni Ann Kenenitz reveal the Kulpmont woman and her live-in boyfriend, John Tym, consumed drugs and alcohol while partying in Mount Carmel and Girardville before returning to Kulpmont on Thursday morning, where Kenenitz was later found dead in her car.
Tym, 29, who is incarcerated at Schuylkill County Prison after being picked up Thursday on an arrest warrant dealing with an August incident in Mahanoy Township, told authorities he "blacked out" after leaving the Mount Carmel house and had no recollection of what occurred after the couple left Girardville. He didn't recall how he and Kenenitz, 22, got home, according to information in the warrants.
The cause and manner of Kenenitz's death have not yet been determined, but there were no signs of trauma to her body, Northumberland County Coroner James F. Kelley said Friday. An autopsy was performed Friday at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, but Kelley said he is awaiting toxicology test results.
Family members of Kenenitz declined comment Friday.
Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones, Mount Carmel, issued three warrants to Trooper Philip A. Davis of state police at Milton late Thursday afternoon: one for 740 Chestnut St., Route 61, Kulpmont, where Kenenitz and Tym resided with friends; another for 113 N. Locust St., Mount Carmel; and one for Kenenitz's 1999 Pontiac Grand Am, in which she was found dead about 8:20 a.m. Thursday.
According to the search warrants, the home at 740 Chestnut St., Kulpmont, is owned by Dawn Marie Beilman while the residence at 113 N. Locust St., Mount Carmel, is owned by Kyle Patrick.
Kenenitz, a 2007 graduate of Mount Carmel Area High School, where she was on the honor roll her senior year, was discovered in the back seat of the car lying on her back with her arms above her head. The search warrant indicated her shirt was pulled up and her jeans were below her hips.
On Wednesday, police said, Tym and Kenenitz went to the residence of Tym's cousin, Mary McGinley, at 113 N. Locust St., Mount Carmel. Tym told police that McGinley provided them with tramadol pills, a pain medication that was prescribed to her.
Tym told police Kenenitz crushed up two of the pills and snorted them. Tym admitted eating four or five of the pills but did not know if Kenenitz did the same. The warrant, however, also states that Tym told police the number of pills ingested between him and the victim was no more than five.
Tym said two bottles of alcohol were consumed and that he became so intoxicated he was unsure how they left the residence or how, after the stop in Girardville, they got home. Tym only recalled waking up Thursday morning at his home, according to the warrant.
When interviewed at the state police station in Stonington, Tym said Kenenitz was his girlfriend and they had lived together at the Chestnut Street location for two to three months.
He recalled that once he became aware of Kenenitz's death, he saw her cellphone on the front porch of their home and thought they may have gotten into a fight, which prompted Kenenitz to go to her car.
The warrants suggest Tym was picked up by police at his Kulpmont home but they do not state that for certain. State police at Stonington, who are leading the investigation, were not able to confirm that Friday evening.
Patrick confirmed during an interview that Kenenitz and Tym snorted crushed tramadol tablets at 113 N. Locust St., Mount Carmel. Police said at least 15 pills from the prescription bottle remain unaccounted for.
On Aug. 22, Tym was involved in a high-speed police chase that ended when the suspect's vehicle burst into flames.
Mahanoy Township police said the chase began just west of Mahanoy City, reaching speeds in excess of Сто mph, and ended just east of Girardville when the fleeing vehicle "bottomed out" and caught fire.
Officer Brandon Alexander said Tym, who previously resided in Mahanoy City, fled after the car became disabled.
Charges of fleeing or attempting to elude police, recklessly endangering another person, driving while under DUI suspension, reckless driving, driving at an unsafe speed, following too closely and passing in a "no passing" zone were filed against Tym.
A passenger, Joshua D. Stevens, 28, of Mahanoy City, was taken into custody at the scene. He was charged with possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance and misdemeanor offenses of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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