Harrisburg man’s DNA was found under fingernails of Hershey-area woman who was strangled, set on fire, expert says
Updated Apr 14, 2021;
Posted Apr 14, 2021
Charlotte Chaplin s body was found after a fire was extinguished at her home on Chocolate Avenue in Derry Township on May 23, 2019.
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Skin cells bearing the DNA of a Harrisburg man accused of strangling a Hershey-area woman and setting her on fire in her bedroom were found under the victim’s fingernails, a state police forensics expert testified Wednesday afternoon.
Moments later during the Dauphin County homicide trial of Calvin Purdie Jr., the daughter of slaying victim Charlotte Chaplin said she saw scratches on Purdie’s face and arms as they stood outside Chaplin’s home waiting for fire trucks to arrive early on the morning of May 23, 2019.
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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;
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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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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.