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Murder case of Hershey-area woman who was strangled and set on fire heads to the jury
Updated 3:24 PM;
Today 3:24 PM
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There is no dispute that Charlotte Chaplin was strangled and that her body was set on fire in her Hershey-area home early on May 23, 2019.
The question a Dauphin County jury began deliberating Thursday afternoon is whether 35-year-old Calvin Purdie Jr. of Harrisburg is the man who killed her.
The stakes for Purdie are phenomenally high.
District Attorney Fran Chardo and fellow prosecutor Kelly Callahan are seeking convictions on first-degree murder and arson charges that would send Purdie to prison for life. First Assistant Public Defender Paul Muller and colleague Elizabeth Ruby are contending that another man, most likely one of the 49-year-old Chaplin’s boyfriends, committed the murder.
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