October 1st, 2021 by WCBC Radio
A Cumberland man suspected of killing an elderly city woman in her South End home as well as his brother and sister-in-law in Ellicott City has been arrested. Jeffrey Allen Burnham, 46, was taken into custody about 9 a.m. Friday in Davis, West Virginia, according to Howard County police. He had pulled to the side of the road while driving a 2007 red Corvette he allegedly stole from his brother’s home. He was taken into custody without incident and a gun was reportedly located inside the vehicle. Burnham was named as the suspect in the Wednesday murder of 83 year old Rebecca Reynolds after she was found in her residence in the 500 block of Fourth Street around 7:20 p.m. . Her death was ruled a homicide by the state medical examiner’s office. Howard County authorities said Thursday evening that Burnham was also wanted in the shooting deaths of his brother, 58-year-old Brian Robinette and 57-year-old Kelly Sue Robinette. Police said Reynolds’ vehicle was found in Howard County and Burnham left the scene driving a 2007 red Chevrolet Corvette. Police believe all three victims were targeted and known to Burnham. Burnham was sighted about 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Irons Mountain area east of Cumberland driving the red Corvette.
November 14th, 2012 by WCBC Radio
The 23-year-old Meyersdale man accused of killing Justine Marie Jackson, 19, and dumping her body under the Keystone Viaduct along the Great Allegheny Passage trail in Larimer Township was arrested without incident at about dawn Wednesday in Jefferson Parrish, La.
Jonathan William Beal, who is charged with criminal homicide in the death of Jackson, was taken into custody at about 6:45 a.m. by the U.S. Marshal’s Service and the Jefferson Parrish Sheriff’s Office. The arrest was made in Marrewro, a suburb of New Orleans.
Beal was found hiding in a bathroom, according to Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Ted Goins, the lead investigator in the case who is assigned to the Somerset barrack.
Beal was jailed in Jefferson Parrish pending extradition proceedings to return him to Somerset County.
Jackson’s body was found Sunday by two people walking the trail. Positive identification of the body was announced by state police in a press conference Tuesday afternoon at the Somerset barrack.
Police said Jackson died of homicide by ligature strangulation
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