Woman found dead in Sewickley Township house; son arrested
Jakob Michael Korber, known to have been in the area, is now in custody, state police said.
By Brian C. Rittmeyer
TribLive
A West Newton woman was found dead Sunday morning in a house in Sewickley Township.
The Westmoreland County Coroner identified the deceased woman as Christin E. Hamilton, no age given.
In their first statement on Sunday, Pennsylvania State Police said they were seeking a man named Jakob Michael Korber, identified as being in the area of the incident and last known on foot. At around 7 p.m., state police said Korber was in custody.
State police went to a house Sunday morning on Herminie West Newton Road for an unresponsive woman.
When troopers arrived, she was dead, state police spokespersons said.
The coroner gave the time of the incident as around 9:30 a.m., and the time of Hamilton’s death as 12:05 p.m.
State police did not say how Hamilton died. The coroner said the cause and manner of her death were pending final autopsy and toxicology results and further investigation.
State police released a picture of Korber, saying he was in the area and asking the public’s help to locate him. They did not say how he was otherwise connected to or involved in the woman’s death; he was not identified as a suspect or a person of interest.
