FATEFUL COINCIDENCES?

     There was a treasure in my mail when I came home today.  A hand written envelope with a large clipping from the Reading Eagle dated March 30, 2011 with this hand written post-it note attached:

    Hi Becky,

    I have been faithfully reading your site ever since the Roseboro trial started.  I thought you would find the juxtaposition of these articles interesting, especially since you had informed about their relationship on your site a while ago.  They are indeed father and son.

    Sorry this is not more timely.

                                            A faithful follower

                                            (albeit mysterious!)

    Thank you so much!  And they are both written by the same reporter – Holly Herman! 

    On the left there is a large article headlined, “Ex-funeral director denied new trial in slaying of wife,” and on the right another large article with the headline, “Child porn charges dropped 2nd time.”

    The article on the left, of course, is about Michael Roseboro who was defended by Reading attorney Allen L. Sodomsky.  The article on the right is about Kenneth F. Sodomsky, who had child pornography on his computer when he took it to a Circuit City in 2004.  Yes, Kenneth is the father of Allen and it’s a very interesting case involving child pornography and privacy rights (click here for the article).  What do you think?

    Thank you again, mysterious follower!  The juxtaposition is amazing and one of life’s strange – and very sad – coincidences.   And it arrived on the same day I posted an odd coincidence this morning!  Back to Creamery Road tomorrow.

FRY HIM?

    Didn’t know where else to contact: Roseboro lost Supreme Court bid for retrial.  Done cooked.

This comment in.

    Yes, he appears to be done cooked!

    I am a bit surprised that the courts appear to be taking the whole Facebook issue rather lightly.  This was posted on Lancaster Online under the article, “Roseboro appeal denied,” (click here):

    well then why not require jurors to take lap tops with them so their friends can urge them to find the defendant guilty.

    From another court case, “Court verdict under scrutiny,” there is this (click here):

    Rodriguez-Torres has been at Lancaster County Prison for nearly two years. That is longer than a conviction of corruption of minors would warrant, according to state sentencing guidelines.

    The decision will be delayed because Farina is on medical leave.

    No matter how you feel about the case, this man has a right to a timely answer.  If Farina is on medical leave can’t another Judge – or President Judge Joseph Madenspacher – step in and make a decision here?  Can you keep a man in jail because a Judge is on medical leave?

Please check back later today.

* “Why isn’t the public outraged?” a friend asked me over the phone today.  I have no idea – but they should be.  Tomorrow I will write the Judge to find out why he approved the fourth grand jury within sixteen years. I will also file a Right To Know request with the District Attorney’s Office to find out how much this will cost taxpayers.  Finally, I will call the State Attorney General Office to officially verify that witnesses are free to reveal their testimony to anyone they desire including the press. This is something the District Attorney and the Lancaster Newspapers continuously lie about and if the DA repeats it one more time he should be removed from office immediately.

    This is an outrage!

DA STEDMAN: WE ARE INEPT!

    District Attorney Craig Stedman has just publicly announced that the Lancaster County Police Forces and his own Lancaster County Detectives cannot solve crimes.

    For the fourth time in 16 years, Stedman secretly empanelled an investigative grand jury to “target unsolved major cases in the county, especially homicides and rapes.”

    So let me get this straight, every four years we need a grand jury in Lancaster because there are so many unsolved crimes?  What does that tell you?  The police and the Lancaster County Detectives obviously have no clue what they are doing and they are leaving multiple killers and rapists on our streets!

    And apparently our District Attorney can’t even count.  He is quoted widely as saying this is the third grand jury in the history of Lancaster County.  That would be wrong!  There have been four in the last 16 years:

—- In 1995, then DA and now Judge Joseph Madenspacher. empanelled the first grand jury in Lancaster County history.

—-  In 2001, then DA and now Judge Donald Totaro, empanelled the second.  In fact the two opening sentences from the August 2001 Intell article, “Unsolved crimes to get more scrutiny,” says:

    The Lancaster County district attorney’s request for a grand jury investigation into unsolved homicides, the local drug trade and racketeering has won approval.

    District Attorney Donald Totaro and his top assistant, Craig Stedman, filed the application Friday and President Judge Michael A. Georgelis signed the order later that day.

—- Apparently that grand jury failed miserably, because Totaro empanels a second grand jury in February of 2005, less than four years later!  That grand jury completely defies the original intent and goes on a fishing expedition for a year to support the Lancaster Newspapers and their Convention Center.

—-  There are still so many unsolved crimes, and new ones, that now Stedman has empanelled the fourth grand jury in 16 years (click here).

    It is clear and obvious that the County Police Departments as well as his own Lancaster County Detectives are completely inept and should be replaced immediately with men and women who can actually solve crimes and arrest killers.

    There will be much more this afternoon.

    In other notes:

~   Neither paper has even written an editorial about the fourth grand jury in sixteen years, but this morning the New Era gives Stedman a large two columns on the editorial page to tell his side of the ridiculous plea deals his office is making with child sexual abusers!  Nice!

~  And in one more development, on the same editorial page the paper is now taking “selected comments” from their Trashback forum and printing them with the posters’ names.  I think they are feeling a little heat from the LancTalk.com forum (click here).

~  Will the Lancaster Newspapers ever acknowledge M. William Phelps’ book on the Roseboro murder or will they totally ignore it as they did the entire case as the story was developing?  I know I promised a review this weekend and I apologize as personal responsibilities intruded.  But thank you for the comments under “LOVE HER TO DEATH” below on this site, and my review will be forthcoming.

Please check back later today.

I ACHE FOR JAN

1985 Cocalico High School Yearbook

    When it is all said and done, I think we will Learn that Mr. Roseboro is a classic Narcissist; they present one face to the world, but a darker side exists, they care deeply about their reputations, are deceptive liars, and have difficulty with intimate relationships once they pass the “honeymoon” stage. Thus, they have one affair after another. When they are thwarted or challenged in any way, they fly into a rage.  I ache for what Jan suffered; not only that night, but probably many, many times throughout that marriage. He is a sham, and now he selfishly chooses to drag his family through the mud and subject his children to more torture.  And as for Angela?  I hope she thinks it was worth it.  When my kids were little I didn’t have time to cheat, but then, my priorities were obviously different than hers.  As for his emails to Angela?  So pathetically cheesy.  Mike and Angela threw away more than most people ever have.

    I have printed the above comment to a local, now defunct, forum several times on this site.  It was posted within days of Jan Roseboro’s murder and the release of the information regarding his affair with Angela Funk.

    I have just about finished reading M. William Phelps’ “LOVE HER TO DEATH,” and this brief paragraph offers more insight than his entire book.

    I will have a full review this weekend, but suffice it to say that I can’t imagine this book would be compelling to anyone but those who live locally and/or have followed this story.  You get to the end and say, “Why did I spend my time reading that?”

    People want to walk away from a crime book with a fuller understanding, a motive and a moral.  Phelps offers none of these. 

    His ending:

    A self-proclaimed God-fearing man, Roseboro had allowed two of the Seven Deadly Sins to control his life: greed and lust.  From there, he broke several of the Ten Commandments, the foremost being “thou shall not murder.”

    All because he didn’t want to give up his luxurious life.

    In the end, though, Michael Roseboro lost all of it, anyway – including the woman (and their child) he had supposedly killed for.

   What a bunch of bunk!  The first writer had far deeper insight.

Tomorrow, it’s back to the news.

* I obtained a copy today and I’m busy reading.  No revelations yet and definitely no shocking photos.  I’m hoping…

DO IT NOW!

                              -

    Regarding this so called wedding, Angie Funk told Michael Roseboro one day when they were discussing getting married she wanted him to ”grow his hair longer for the wedding.”

    “It will become curly,” Roseboro said,

    “Do it now,” she demanded, “so I can see what it will look like for the wedding.”

    Like listening to country music now – when before meeting Angie he despised it, Roseboro agreed to grow his locks out.

From Page 233 of “LOVE HER TO DEATH” (click here).

    Yes, M. William Phelps’ book on the Roseboro murder is available today.  Happy March!

Angie, I still love you
Remember all those nights we cried?
All the dreams we held so close
Seemed to all go up in smoke
Let me whisper in your ear
Angie, Angie
Where will it lead us from here?

Please check back later today.

LOVE HER TO DEATH

     My friend called this afternoon and said my autographed copy of “LOVE HER TO DEATH” arrived at her house today along with her copy!  Thank you, Mr. Phelps!

    She said the first half of the book is about Jan Roseboro’s life and the second half involves the murder and Mike’s lover, Angie Funk.  She said Shawn Roseboro’s name is mentioned at least five times that she has noticed so far (click here for ‘SHAWN ROSEBORO SENTENCED!”).

    The book is in Lancaster and I am in Philadelphia and I am desperate!  She is busy reading and hopefully will keep us updated until I can get my fingers on it.  The book is scheduled to be on sale tomorrow and hopefully readers of this site can let us know if they find it at their local bookstores.

    There will be more on this tomorrow and more on another story the Lancaster Newspapers refuse to cover: The horrific arson murder of Olga Sanchez-Reyes.

THE PICTURE…THE PICTURE!

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    The picture…the picture…where did it come from???? What is the irony???? What is the hypocrisy???? Really…leaving a nosey person such as myself hanging like this could cause one to need nerve pills!!!!!!!! LOL

    This comment in from Cindy after she complained I left her hanging and I, in much distress, asked her how!

    Okay, Cindy, this is your answer and of everything that happened with the Roseboro murder, I believe this is my favorite.  The photo of Angie Funk is from the Lancaster Newspapers!  That’s right!  They refused to cover the story and it took them almost a year to run a photo of Funk.

    It was the day her name was published in the paper for the first time because the Affidavit of Probable Cause was released and her affair with Roseboro was listed as the motive.  A very smart Talkbacker on LNP’s own forum did some type of an internet search and found a picture of an Angela Funk on the LNP owned LancMom’s website.  She posted a link to the photo on the forum.  Within two hours, the link had been taken down and the thread closed by LNP.  Not only that, they took the photo off the LancMoms site at the same time.  I was getting my second major hint that there was a massive cover-up beginning.

    I saw the picture but had not been smart enough to “capture” it.  The Talkbacker sent me an email saying she had grabbed it and would I like it?  I nearly screamed back “YES!”

    I ran it on this site the next morning asking if this was the Angela Funk in question as we were not positive.  Within an hour, I had absolute confirmation it was the correct Angela.

    I never heard from LNP about publishing the photo which I did over and over again, even stating its origin.  I can only assume it was taken by a friend or relative of Angie and LNP really had no “rights” to it.

    It was in a general photo section on the LancMoms site of moms and their kids.  Her two daughters were in the photo and it had a caption that they were watching her husband and children’s father, Randy, running in a race.  The Talkbacker cropped out the two daughters before she emailed me the photo.  I would have done the same before publishing it.

    For months, I had the only photo of Angela Funk in any print media or on the internet.  When the trial began, two reporters from a TV station (Channel 48?) were desperate for a photo and I led them to my site and this photo of Angie.  They said something to the effect that they would have to give me credit for it.  Feeling generous, I said, oh no, they didn’t have to – I told them it originally came from the Lancaster Newspapers.  They ran the photo without a credit.

    To me, this epitomizes LNP’s refusal to cover this story.  The week before the trial was to begin the Sunday News finally ran a story and the first photograph of Angela to appear in the Lancaster Newspapers.  The picture they used – you guessed it – their original photo I had been running on this site for months.

    Tomorrow a quick look inside the pages of “LOVE HER TO DEATH.”

A MUCH LARGER STORY!

    The locals I spoke to early in the process informed me that there was a much larger story here, that I shouldn’t be fooled by the narrowness of some of the media’s coverage.

From “ACKNOWLEGEMENTS” on page 457 of M. William Phelps book due out March 1, 2011, “LOVE HER TO DEATH,” (click here).

    As noted in the comments section of this site, the book is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com and you can read part of Chapter 1.

   Phelps wrote to me asking who should get credit for the photo of Angela Funk that appears above.  It is the first photograph, and the only photograph, of Angela Funk that was published in the media for months.  It was published on this site and thousands came to view her picture. 

    Who actually took the picture?  Who should get credit?  I don’t know to this day.  But I obviously know where it came from and the irony and hypocrisy in its origin is simply stunning!

Please check back later today.

TANGLED WEB!

     Well, it’s a New Year and the LNP daily rag now costs 75 cents! 

    I love the news.  I love all the good the media can do.  Highlight injustice.  Hold officials accountable.  Speak out for the downtrodden and those with no voice.  Strive to improve the quality of life for all.  And this list goes on.

    The only problem, LNP does absolutely none of these things.  They are the white, wealthy power base in Lancaster County.  They are just fine with things the way they are.  Their racist hiring practices have been outlined by this site again and again and again.

    And it impacts the daily lives of everyone in Lancaster County every minute.  The juries are white.  The County Court House is white (except for those on trial).  The DA’s office is white.  The Lancaster Police Department is primarily white.

    One of the great ironies for me this year was hearing a spectator in the David Jordan trial ask LNP reporter Janet Kelley why his jury was all white.  Little did she know that Kelley works for the most racist employer in Lancaster County.

     What happens if someone murders someone and the police do nothing about it?  You don’t think it can happen?  You don’t think it can happen in Lancaster County?  Over twenty-five years ago it happened.    The second story that went up on this site after the incest story was the Lancaster Lynching story.

    And nothing has changed.  Which brings me to this morning’s quote and the reasons behind it: It comes from NewsLanc.com where Robert Field has declared his “mission accomplished” (click here)!     Field says this among numerous idiotic things:

    Now, some five years later, Lancaster County has returned to the reasonably fair community which Field had experienced when he first arrived.  There is little to report that is not covered by the reformed and chastised local media (although they still demur from offending establishment interests.)

    I’m not even going to get into how absurd and really sick this is.  Live in your little white, wealthy, dream world, Robert!

    And again to this morning’s quote – you see in reading his nonsense I came across this:

    We wish to express our gratitude to Cathy Reinhold (Friday mornings) and Laura Sefershayan (Saturday mornings) who conscientiously and cheerfully handed out the newsletters at the Central Market and elsewhere in fair weather and foul. 

    Ah, yes!  Cathy Reinhold would be the childhood friend who refuses to take a DNA test.  Isn’t life interesting?  I haven’t talked to her since the letter printed below and have no interest in doing so.  I happened to run into her in the courthouse this November when she was there to be sentenced.  I’ll take the high road and leave it at that.  Let’s just say we were immediately attracted as friends when we met on that school bus in sixth grade because we were both coming from horribly dysfunctional families.

    So this site will continue in the New Year as it has in the past year.  In addition, I hope to put the incest and lynching stories into a more formal format this year.  I have stated that I reopened the lynching box when I went looking for letters from an old boyfriend that began the incest story.  What tangled webs we weave.

     A special note of thanks to some very special people:  The three friends I initially “met” online as a result of the Roseboro murder.  I can’t thank them enough for their help and support and friendship over the years.  To Daisy, galty, goldilocks, Artie, Palmer, Harper and old college buddies I reconnected with this year through Facebook, thank you.  And thank you to someone who will remain unnamed who supplies this site with information and endless insight. 

    And thank you to everyone who reads and comments on this site. Have a Wonderful New Year!

MEDIA SPOTLIGHT?

    The back cover of M. William Phelps’ book, “Love Her To Death” about the Roseboro murder due to be released on March 1, 2011.

   It reads:

    In the midst of Pennsylvania’s Amish country, on a peaceful summer night in 2008, the body of 45-year-old Jan Roseboro was found at the bottom of her backyard pool.  Her husband Michael, a successful businessman and member of a prominent family, showed no emotion as he learned of her death.  But the next day an autopsy revealed Jan had been savagely beaten and strangled before being tossed in the water to drown.  Soon Michael’s secret lover, pregnant with his child, stepped into the media spotlight.  And a horrifying true story of illicit passion, deadly deceit, and cold-blooded murder unfolded…

    Okay, so I’ll read the book and U.S. $6.99 sounds like a bargain.  The back page also states:  “INCLUDES 16 PAGES OF SHOCKING PHOTOS.”  Hmmm…

    What will today’s autopsy reveal about the death of Robert Neill, Jr. who called the police for help and ended up dead?  Will the District Attorney tell us?

    Tomorrow it’s back to the current news.

DEATHS

    This comment in:

    I regret that many of the opinions expressed in the LancTalk blog were “either-or” (either you support police or you’re a bleeding heart), or used derogatory terms to describe people who were very upset. Here in Canada we’ve had a similar case in which a man was tasered by police and died as a result. This led to a Federal Inquiry into the use of this weapon by police. The point is that tasering any individual is a high risk action. In my conflict management and crisis intervention training, I learned the importance of a number of strategies in dealing with individuals who had mental health issues. Not only combat vets have PTSD, but so do abuse survivors and a number of caregivers who’ve been traumatized by the demands of their job. This appears to be a very emotional issue: perhaps it’s important to dial back the name-calling and admit that we actually help police protect us by giving them good guidelines and training.

   Thank you for your reasoned response.  There will be more later today.

    To the caller who left me a voicemail yesterday, I look forward to talking with your lawyer – NOT!

    The above is the cover of M. William Phelp’s book on the Roseboro murder, “Love Her To Death” due to be released on March 1, 2011.  The back of the book will come later today along with much more.

THE ROSEBORO NAME?

     Several months ago a comment came into this site that Shawn Roseboro, a first cousin to Mike Roseboro’s family, was complaining about District Attorney Stedman on his Facebook page and stating he needed the help of the media.  They suggested I contact him.  I did through his Facebook page.

    He sent me his cell phone number and we agreed on a time to talk.  He said he got a DUI in November of 2008, after Mike Roseboro was arrested for the murder of his wife, Jan.  He said the District Attorney personally turned down his ARD request stating that he did not believe Shawn “was a good candidate for ARD.”

    Shawn, who is now 26, was extremely open and felt this was in retaliation for his last name being “Roseboro” and his unwillingness to testify during the trial.  Roseboro was frank with me on a number of issues.  He said he knew Jan was being physically abused by Mike.  He said he also knew about Mike’s “side sexual activities.”  Roseboro, who was openly gay on his Facebook page (see note below), said he and his partner want to adopt a baby and Jan was the only one in the family who supported them.

    Roseboro said his attorney also felt he was being singled out because of his Roseboro connection.  I told him I could not write about it until I spoke with his attorney and he advised she is Tamara Hogan of the Lancaster law firm Herr & Low, P.C.

   I left two very specific voice mails for Hogan and my calls were never returned.  I spoke to Shawn several weeks later and he advised that she told him she “did not want to make it any worse for him” and that it was best to keep quiet until his sentencing.

    I said I would not write anything about it but might attend his sentencing scheduled for October 29 after his guilty plea.  Roseboro was extremely nervous about the sentencing.  He has moved to Tioga County and is studying to be an RN.  The DUI on his background could prevent him from attending certain schools and applying for jobs.  The Judge could also sentence him for up to six months in jail for the DUI.  Roseboro told me he has “turned his life around” and said he was surprised he was still alive after all the narcotics and drinking he had done prior.

    His case came up on Friday afternoon in Judge Louis Farina’s courtroom.  Hogan told Judge Farina that Roseboro had applied for ARD but it was rejected by the District Attorney’s Office.  The Judge asked why it was rejected as it was just into the second tier (his level of alcohol was .101).  Hogan said, “We were not given a reason.” 

    Just prior to his sentencing, Judge Farina said, “I’m surprised the District Attorney did not accept ARD,” and imposed a very similar sentence to those he sentenced with an ARD (except the record will not be expunged):  48 hours in jail, a total of $525 in fines, Drug & Alcohol Counseling and a 12 month license suspension.  Hogan told the Judge Roseboro had to be to work on Monday morning and asked that his 48 hours in the Lancaster County Prison begin immediately.  The Judge agreed and the sheriff’s deputy handcuffed Roseboro in the front and he was led out the back door of the courtroom.  He should be released sometime this afternoon.

    I tried to obtain a comment from attorney Hogan after the sentencing was over.  I have rarely been treated so rudely.  Enough said.

    The Lydia Colin-Torres story will come tomorrow.

[Editor’s notes:  I can no longer find Shawn Roseboro’s Facebook page.  He either blocked me or has taken it completely down.  I meant to have friends check but have not had the time. 

    As an interesting side note to this story, I have it on excellent authority that Shawn Roseboro provided a great deal of information to M. William Phelps, the crime author who is writing a book titled “Love Her to Death” on the Roseboro murder.  The book is scheduled to be released in March of 2011, according to Phelps’ website.]

TANGLED WEBS

    Sam Roseboro’s Facebook profile picture.  The woman with him is 18-year-old Amber Weiler who died unexpectedly at home in Denver last Friday.  Her cause of death has not been officially released. 

    Sam’s father, Michael Roseboro, made the front page of today’s paper with his appeal of his murder conviction to the Pennsylvania Superior Court based on the Facebook postings of two jurors during his trial (click here).

Please check back later today.

DUPLICITOUS

    Look they had a torrid affair – happens every day all day around the globe. Usually no one dies, but in this case someone did and that is the real tragedy. Life is going to go on for all involved whether anyone likes it or not. I find this whole thing fascinating for the simple fact there are just sooo many unanswered questions and the seemingly weird reaction by Angie and Mike. Can two people really be so callous as to chit chat about the Penguins winning the Stanley Cup when one of them is in jail accused of the murder of his wife? It is just really scary to witness how duplicitous human beings can be! How well do you really know someone? Reminds me so much of the Scott Peterson case.

 A comment into this site many months ago.

Please check back later today.

ECHO FOREVER

    let the poor girl rest in peace and leave it be. the people who need to know what happened know what happened. so mind your own buisness you stupid bitch.

This comment in under “IT IS A NEWS STORY!” below.

    A friend instant messaged me and then called me yesterday morning before 7:00 a.m.  “Sam Roseboro’s girlfriend died,” she said.  “It says it right in her obituary.”  

    She immediately knew it was a news story.  I was stunned.  I said something to the effect of, “You just never know how many twists and turns a story will take.”

    Sadly, the death of 18-year-old Amber Weiler has become a part of the Roseboro saga.  That’s a fact and that’s the way it is.  Tragedy has struck again.

    I was immediately reminded of these sentences from M. William Phelp’s press release about his upcoming book on the Roseboro murder (click here):

    Phelps says, “I have been stealthily following this case since August 2008, after Roseboro’s arrest. It has all the elements I look for when telling crime stories in book form. I understand the ripple effect of murder inside the family dynamic and how it can echo forever; I’ve seen it happen in my own family. I hope to tell Jan Roseboro’s complete story, transforming her legacy into something more than a headline.”

    I will leave it at that today.  Please keep name calling out of your comments.  I will not publish a comment like the one above again.  Thank you.

LOVE HER TO DEATH

    March 2011 will bring the re-launch of my career with LOVE HER TO DEATH, a book about the Michael Roseboro case out of Denver, Pennsylvania, which was recently profiled on “48 Hours.” Lots of interesting things are being put into action surrounding the release of this title, which will feature an entire new look to my true-crime books. The cover for LOVE HER TO DEATH, in its final stages of development, is incredible. Nothing like you would expect. I am entirely indebted to the art department at Kensington and my long time editor Michaela Hamilton for spending so much time working on this cover.

From mwilliamphelps.com (click here).

Please check back later today.

“boyfriend, Sam Roseboro of Denver”

    From today’s obituary of Amber Nicole Weiler, 18, of Denver who died unexpectedly at home on Friday, August 13 (click here).

    Sam Roseboro is Michael Roseboro’s son.  What in the world happened?  How much tragedy can these families survive?

Please check back later today…

HELP STORMY GIRL!

MAN ACQUITTED OF WILDLIFE CHARGE
    A Geistown man who, along with his wife, nursed a fawn for 11 days has been acquitted of unlawful possession of game or wildlife.
    Gregory Joseph Pavlosky, 48, of the 100 block Clayton Drive, was found not guilty Thursday by District Judge Max Pavlovich of Richland Township.
    Pavlosky and his wife found the fawn May 22 on the Route 56 Expressway.
    The state game commission, which filed the charges, had told The Tribune-Democrat when the incident came to light that it had taken action because Pavlosky didn’t return the fawn as requested to the area where it was found.
    Pavlosky told the newspaper he had followed the request and put the fawn off to the side of the road but later received a call from a friend that the animal was on the expressway again. Pavlosky said he took the fawn for fear it would be killed by a vehicle or cause an accident.

From the Tribune-Democrat (click here and it is the second item down).

    Does the Pennsylvania Game Commission understand common sense?  Obviously not.  There is this from the “Help Stormy Girl!” Facebook page (click here):

    Another picket is being planned, this time in downtown Lancaster outside legislator’s offices.  Details coming soon.

    You can be assured that I will be there.

THE FACEBOOK JURORS!

    Convicted killer Michael Roseboro has asked a state appeals court for a new trial, or at least a hearing, because two jurors communicated with friends on Facebook during the trial.
Today’s Intell/New Era article, “Roseboro appeals,” (click here).
    Darn Facebook!  This comes as no surprise – and it’s entirely possible the state court will take a different stand on this issue.  Will Mike get another day in court?

GETTING IT ONLINE?

    A commenter to this site noted that the Lancaster Newspapers are going to start charging people reading their obituaries in certain cases.  As an e-Editions subscriber, I have tried to pull up a number of pages recently only to find the message, “This file could not be found.”  That is true of page B1 in today’s paper and I am not amused.  They need to clean up their act – or offer a refund!

Please check back later today for the new blogspot and more…

UNDER FIRE – 4

        “The fire is still under investigation.  There has not been a ruling on the cause of the fire,” East Cocalico Township Police Sgt. Larry Martin said by phone this afternoon.  This past Friday morning, the $2.4 million dollar estate of Nicholas J. and Denise G. Reinhart was demolished by a fast moving fire.

     Martin said State Police Fire Marshall Robert Hess was on the scene Friday evening and will determine the cause.

    Asked about the family who owns the property, Martin said “there is an ongoing investigation.”  He also stated that he believes the house “was being lived in” at the time of the fire.

    I will follow up with Fire Marshall Hess tomorrow.

    On a small world note, you might remember Martin from the CBS 48 Hours episode on the Roseboro murder.  He testified at length during the trial and was interviewed during the TV show.

    I particularly remember one telling point during his testimony.  Discussing the fact that the police offered Michael Roseboro details about his wife’s death – but Roseboro seemed uninterested – Martin said he found this to be unusual and odd.  “If my wife died unexpectedly,” he testified, “I would sure want to know what happened.”

    Well, in other news, the city shut down the Brunswick Hotel for safety reasons for months but apparently failed to see that a building in the heart of downtown Lancaster was about to collapse – which it did this morning!  Way to go, Mayor Gray!

Please check back tomorrow.

HANG-UPS?

        Notes, quotes and why did Angela Funk go on national TV to tell her story when she wouldn’t speak to local reporters?

    Funk — the lover of Denver funeral home operator Michael Roseboro, who was convicted of killing his wife, Jan — was the “star” of the “48 Hours Mystery” program on CBS a week ago. Funk, who also gave birth to Roseboro’s son, hung up when a reporter from the Sunday News called Saturday to seek her opinion on the TV program.

    Maybe Funk, who apparently wasn’t paid for her appearance, thinks most people here don’t stay up that late on Saturday night to watch TV.

    Then again, I’m always amazed by local people who will talk openly to national or regional media, but not the local media. You don’t think it’s going to get back home? Or you expect gentler treatment?

Incredibly stupid Sunday News editor Marv Adams today in his column, “(un)Reality TV show,” (click here).

    So, Marv, after over a year your reporter picks up the phone to actually call Angie once on Saturday at 11:00 pm?  And you are shocked she wouldn’t talk to your reporter?  Are you nuts, Marv?

    Of course, the answer to that is “Yes!”  Please check back later today for more on Dr. Carter, John Fry (notice he is not a doctor!), (shudder!) Bennett J. Vonderheide is in the news again, (gasp!) is Abigail “sexting?” and why is it almost 10:00 am?  Is my clock wrong?

*** BREAKING NEWS ***

“Drexel board expected to name John Fry as president” (click here)!  There goes another dummy!

DUMB & DUMBER!

    Well Becky, you really should have taken some journalism classes before doing this kind of work (Oh, I mean hobby)! My teenager, taking journalism in high school said your “sources” are not credible. Ouch!

    This, honest to God, came in as part of a comment from an Angie supporter today.  Just when you think you’ve met the dumbest person on the planet – lo and behold – here comes someone dumber!  Who knew?

    Yes, that is an “ouch” indeed!  I published in early August 2008 that Angie was pregnant.  Were my sources not credible?  I said her husband had a vasectomy.  Was that not credible?  I said Angie had a background of “dating” married men.  Was that not credible?  Would you like me to go on?  Did you hear what District Attorney Craig Stedman said about her on 48 Hours?

    One of my favorite moments during the trial between Stedman and Angie was about how she and Mike got together.  Angie told of Mike’s first phone call in which he said he “couldn’t stop thinking about her.” 

    “That’s all it took?” Stedman asked in disbelief.

    Yes, that’s all it took.  And that speaks volumes.

    Please check back for a final wrap up on this tomorrow – although any future Angie developments will continue to be published right here.

    Becky, its been quite a ride.

Part of a comment into this site yesterday.

    Yes, the Roseboro murder has been an unbelievable ride!  As a friend said after the CBS 48 Hours show, now we have to wait for the book.  A quick look back at the best and the worst and a multitude of thanks will come this afternoon.

WATCH ANGIE CRY!

—  I normally don’t comment or really even care about this case but I almost lost my supper when I saw Funk crying at the end of the show. An Oscar for best actress is not coming her way anytime soon. Her insincerity was as transparent as the glass in my living room window.

—  She had something to do with that murder. She’s not innocent.

   She makes it seem like she did nothing at all.

   She makes me sick.

— Just re-watched it. Angie is pathetic. I was confused about something Stedman said. He says at one point that there is “compelling evidence” that Angie knew more than she admitted to. Then, he says that he doesn’t believe she knew Michael was going to murder Jan. So, I’m wondering, add to this Angie’s comment that she knew Michael was going to do “something…not that,” what DID she think he was going to do that night?
  Speculation….
  It’s just so incredibly sad and tragic.

—  Got to agree that Angie’s facial looks said that she was lying.

  Constant blinking, looking to the right and then downward.

  Think she knew that Mike was going to have it out with Jan that night.

—  I think a body language expert would have a field day with Angie Funk’s footage…I may not be an expert, but her demeanor was contradictory to what was coming out of her mouth..which by the way..made me feel disgusting and dirty…the first thing that popped into my head was the word “sociopath”…

—  Congrats to the East Cocalico Police, they sure ruffled her feathers when they brought up MIke’s other girlfriends. She was visibly agitated, and then made that phone call to Mike during the police interview. Mike had a handful of girls, all just a phone call away, during the same time he was seeing, what’s her name again?

— The whole thing is just a a mess!  The police interrogation was a scream, two cheaters not trusting each other, and at the end I love you too. And a day by day marriage, wow, so sad to live like that. Their lives are hell cause they made it that way. I feel sorry for the kids. None of my business but those kids are in my prayers. As for the adults they all need long term help and counseling.

—  How in God’s name does Angie look at herself in the mirror? My stomach had knots in it listening to her speak of the relationship so matter of factually. Why would she continue to talk to him while he was in prison, and why does she still continue to talk to him? How on earth is she still married? Angie’s husband must be made of stone.

    When Angie was speaking of the day of the murder, and her being in the hotel with him, she was asked what she was doing (as if it was a mystery) and she stated, “having sex.” I about spit out my coffee!!! The nerve of that woman. Talk about blunt. If I were in her shoes I would have refused to answer that question if for no other reason than a little self preservation, if that’s possible.