Khari Sanford, 18, is accused of murdering Dr Beth Porter, 57, and Robin Carre, 57, at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum on March 31 (Picture: Facebook)

A teen killed his girlfriend’s parents execution-style after an argument about coronavirus social distancing, police said.

Khari Sanford, 18, is accused of murdering Dr Beth Potter, 57, and Robin Carre, 57, at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum on March 31. Potter and Carre were both found with gunshot wounds to the head after the killing, branded a ‘calculated’ and ‘brutal execution’ by authorities.

According to court documents, Potter had a pre-existing medical condition that put her at greater risk of coronavirus, so she and Carre established social distancing rules at their home. However, the couple’s daughter and Sanford reportedly ignored the rules, so the couple moved the teens to a rental home.



During the move, the victims’ daughter argued with her mother and told her ‘you don’t care about me’ and ‘you don’t talk to me’ during the conversation that left Potter ‘clearly frustrated,’ according to a criminal complaint.


Investigators also said that a classmate overheard Sandford and his girlfriend talking about making money. The student said he heard the victim’s daughter ‘tell Khari Sanford that her parents had “bands” of money and that they were rich.’

Police said they believe the horrific execution-style murders began as a robbery (Picture: AP)

Larrue was also taken into custody and charged as an accomplice. He faces two counts of party to the crime of first-degree intentional homicide. (Picture: AP)

Court documents do not provide specific details about the killing, which police believe began as a robbery, but authorities said that both Potter and Carre were shot in the head at point- blank range. Potter was in her pajamas and Carre was wearing only his underwear. Neither had been wearing shoes.

Afterwards, a friend of Sanford’s spoke with the alleged killer teen on the phone and claimed he learned one of his victims was still alive.

‘I swear I hit them, how did they survive,’ Sanford responded before telling the witness that he shot the couple ‘in the back of the head’ alongside his friend Ali’jah Larrue, who he claimed he was with during the murders.

Sanford has since been arrested and charged with murder. Larrue was also taken into custody and charged as an accomplice. He faces two counts of party to the crime of first-degree intentional homicide. Bail for each was set at $1 million.