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<p>A fugitive who was wanted in connection with the April 17 murder of an Edwardsville man has been captured in Virginia.</p><p>Devin Malik Cunningham was one of four people charged in the death of 71-year-old Joseph Monka.</p><p>Cunningham, 20, was taken into custody at his mother&#8217;s home in Fairfax, Va., the Luzerne County District Attorney&#8217;s Office announced. </p><p>&#8220;The cold-blooded killing of Joseph Monka deserves swift justice,&#8221; DA Stefanie Salavantis said. &#8220;Once again, the tireless efforts of local and state police as well as the Luzerne County District</p><p>Attorney&#8217;s Office have proven that if you break the law in Luzerne County, you can run far but</p><p>you cannot hide for long.&#8221;</p><p>Cunningham faces charges of criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide and additional related charges in the death of 71-year-old Joseph Monka. Monka was found dead from multiple stab wounds inside his residence at 30 Arch St., Edwardsville, on April 17.</p><p>Earlier this week state police at Wyoming charged Monka&#8217;s granddaughter, Gabriella Elizabeth Long, 17, Mercedes Lin Hall, 16, Christopher Brian Cortez, 19, and Cunningham, in the stabbing death. Long resided with her grandfather.</p><p>After Monka was killed, investigators allege the four ransacked the residence stealing nearly $30,000 from a safe, took showers together and fled in Monka&#8217;s 2016 Kia Soul.</p><p>Long, Hall and Cortez were found Wednesday leaving a motel room at the Red Roof Inn in Plains Township where the Kia was located.</p><p>Cunningham, also known as &#8220;Polo,&#8221; was not immediately located.</p><p>Long, Hall, of East Grove Street, Kingston, and Cortez, of McHale Street, Wilkes-Barre, were arraigned April 18 by District Judge James Haggerty in Kingston on charges of criminal homicide, criminal conspiracy to commit homicide, unauthorized use of a vehicle, tampering with evidence and two counts each of theft and criminal conspiracy to commit theft.</p><p>They were jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility without bail.</p><p>Cunningham was in the process of being extradited back to Pennsylvania on Thursday, the DA&#8217;s Office said.</p><p>Assistant District Attorneys Jarrett Ferentino and Brittany Quinn are prosecuting the case.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Bill O&#8217;Boyle</p><p>boboyle@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Bill O&#8217;Boyle at 570-991-6118 or on Twitter @TLBillOBoyle.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Man wanted in Edwardsville slaying apprehended in Virginia