A 34-year-old man, Robert Chaplin, charged with criminal homicide, faced a judge for the first time on Tuesday afternoon.
Chaplin is accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend, Estela Rivera Vasquez, in the basement of their home in February.
“Do you have anything to say?” “Did you shoot your girlfriend?”
Magistrate Judge John Christner sent the criminal homicide charge to county court. Rostraver Police Detective Raymond Dugan testified that Chaplin told police he woke up that day around 1 p.m.
Author's summary: Man faces judge for killing girlfriend.