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Hershey-area woman who was murdered, set on fire told him she was being followed, co-worker testifies
Updated Apr 13, 2021;
Posted Apr 13, 2021
Charlotte Chaplin was strangled and set on fire in her Derry Township home on May 23, 2019.
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The evening before she was murdered and then set afire in her Hershey-area home, Charlotte Chaplin told him she believed she was being stalked, a friend and co-worker told a Dauphin County jury Tuesday afternoon.
“She told me someone was following her,” Kojo Kodua said. He said she believed her stalker was an ex-boyfriend.
“Did she say he was always coming around to see what she was doing?” First Assistant Public Defender Paul Muller asked.
Jere'e Clark stopped her vehicle Feb.14 after she saw a 10-year-old boy crying for help outside his Swatara Township home. He said he shot his 12-year-old brother.
12-year-old boy dies from injuries after accidental shooting in Swatara Township home
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
A 12-year-old Swatara Township boy died Thursday from injuries he suffered in an accidental shooting in his home on Valentine’s Day, the district attorney’s office said.
The boy had remained in the hospital for 11 days but could not overcome the injuries to his brain, officials said.
A partial autopsy was planned to recover the bullet.
The boy’s name was not released, nor were the exact circumstances of the shooting, which occurred just after noon on a Sunday afternoon in the 2900 block of Sycamore Street.
Here’s who died by homicide in Dauphin County in 2020
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
Posted Jan 11, 2021
Police investigate a shooting in the 300 block of Hummel Street in Harrisburg, November 13, 2020.
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It was the deadliest year for Harrisburg in more than 30 years.
Twenty-two people died by homicide, up from 14 in 2019. So far, police have solved half of last year’s homicides. If you have information on an unsolved homicide, you can call Harrisburg police at 717-558-6900.
Here’s a look at the people lost to violence in 2020:
The body of Brian Hall was cremated and a memorial service occurred Feb. 1. His photos are framed at the lower left and right.