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Why was a Philly businessman’s murder so secret that the case was removed from court records?

For 10 days, authorities would identify neither the dead man nor the suspect, Keven Van Lam, who sat in lockup for four months with nearly every detail of his case hidden from view.

Boyke Budiarachman (left), former business partner of Keven Van Lam (right), who is accused of hiring a hit man to kill his ex-associate over a deal that soured. Both men lived in Philadelphia, and for four months, all details of Lam's arrest had been shielded by the Westmoreland County courts.
Boyke Budiarachman (left), former business partner of Keven Van Lam (right), who is accused of hiring a hit man to kill his ex-associate over a deal that soured. Both men lived in Philadelphia, and for four months, all details of Lam's arrest had been shielded by the Westmoreland County courts.Read moreMike Jones, The Observer-Reporter