Monday, May 23, 2011

Ellwood City, PA: Ellwood City man held in girlfriend's killing

Monday, May 23, 2011
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
An Ellwood City man is facing homicide charges after, police say, he strangled his live-in girlfriend.

Keith Wolfrey, 23, was arrested at the couple's apartment at 804 Pershing St. after calling the police about 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

He is charged with criminal homicide and abuse of corpse. Mr. Wolfrey was arraigned Sunday evening and held without bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 1.

Investigators have not yet released the victim's name, but she is described as a 20-year-old woman. The couple had a 6-month-old baby, police said.

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