Found in woman’s apartment over garages; scene not far from Roseboro murder site
A lawnmower sits near a building at 200 Creamery Road, Reinholds, the scene of an apparent homicide, Saturday.
Police vehicles line up outside 200 Creamery Road, Reinholds, Saturday.
Police officers talk with members of a crime scene unit outside the building at 200 Creamery Road, Reinholds, Saturday.
By TOM KNAPP
Reinholds
Updated Jul 19, 2010 07:46
Police entered an apartment in Reinholds late Saturday night to investigate an apparent homicide.
East Cocalico Township Police said the victim was a white male, 32 years old. They called his death "unexplained." His name was withheld pending notification of his family.
East Cocalico police responded to a call about 1:14 p.m. Saturday to the gray building at 200 Creamery Road that contains five garages and a small apartment on the second floor.
Throughout the afternoon and much of the evening, police would not say whether the victim was male or female, or if the body was found in the apartment or garages. However, it was learned that the body was found in the apartment.
After waiting for a warrant, investigators entered the apartment after 11 p.m., plastic booties on their feet. Police would not say where the woman who lived in the apartment was.
Neighbors, who asked not be identified, said a single woman in her 30s lived in the apartment and had lived there for several years.
The building sits about 100 yards from the house where Jan Roseboro was killed in July 2008. Her husband, Michael, a funeral director, was found guilty of the killing and sentenced to life in prison.
"It's not like this neighborhood," a neighbor said Saturday night.
The 200 Creamery Road property is owned by the Texter family, who live next door. Neighbors said the Texters use the garages for their landscape business and rent out the apartment above.
Neighbors said Karen Texter was mowing the lawn when police arrived. She was interviewed by police, the neighbor said.
East Cocalico police were assisted by detectives from Lititz and Det. Scott Eelman from the Lancaster County Forensic Team.
Police said the cause and manner of death were undetermined and that an autopsy will be performed Monday.
They said the public should not be concerned for its safety.
Saturday night, Texter's mower was still sitting on the lawn by the garage driveway, the work not finished. A white cat waited on the deck of the apartment, trying occasionally to get through the door. tknapp@lnpnews.com
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