Jan Roseboro Mother of 4, Beaten, (Husband Arrested) Drowned in Pool Reinholds, PA

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Published July 25, 2008 11:45 pm - Police searched a family's house in southcentral Pennsylvania for a weapon and other evidence in the killing of a mother of four who was severely beaten, then drowned in the swimming pool, investigators said.

Mother of 4 beaten, drowned in pool

REINHOLDS (AP) _ Police searched a family's house in southcentral Pennsylvania for a weapon and other evidence in the killing of a mother of four who was severely beaten, then drowned in the swimming pool, investigators said.

Jan Roseboro, 45, died at her home in Reinholds on Tuesday night in what investigators said was a homicide. No charges had been filed on Friday and authorities did not identify a suspect or find signs of forced entry.

Court documents filed by police Wednesday said authorities intended to search the house for her husband's clothing and shoes, the murder weapon and cleaning supplies, among other things. It was unclear what evidence was retrieved from the home after the search Thursday, the New Era of Lancaster reported in Friday's editions.

Roseboro's husband, Michael, called 911 at about 11 p.m. Tuesday and told dispatchers he found his wife in the pool, investigators said. When police and medics arrived, they found him performing CPR on her, authorities said.

Jan Roseboro was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital, police said.

An autopsy on Wednesday found that Roseboro was "brutally beaten" and had water in her lungs, according to Dr. Stephen Diamantoni, Lancaster County's coroner.

"Someone used a lot of force on her body and wanted to kill her, and did," District Attorney Craig Stedman said in Friday's editions of the Intelligencer Journal of Lancaster.

Jan Roseboro was struck behind her left ear with a tool stamped with an "L'' mark, then beaten and kicked, according to court documents.

No blood was found in or near the pool, but police said they noticed a bucket nearby containing a rag and a cleaning agent, leading them to believe that blood was cleaned up to conceal the crime.

Detectives who interviewed Michael Roseboro noticed that he had multiple scratches near his mouth and an apparently fresh cut on his left hand, police said.

Court papers said Michael Roseboro told police that he went to bed at 10 p.m. Tuesday after spending time with his wife on the deck, and that she told him she would remain outside by the pool. When he woke up about an hour later, he said he went outside to turn off the pool lights and saw his wife in the bottom of the deep end.

He said he pulled her from the pool, then called a 911 dispatcher who told him how to perform CPR.

Three of the couple's four children were home at the time.

Michael Roseboro, a funeral home director, did not immediately return telephone messages left Friday at his home and with an answering service at his funeral home.

[Heidi J.]

:1222423: so sad..

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Detectives who interviewed Michael Roseboro noticed that he had multiple scratches near his mouth and an apparently fresh cut on his left hand, police said.


What's with the fresh cuts on the husband?? That doesn't sound good at all, for him.

[rockford2]

what a horrible death for that poor lady!! :1222423:

[Heidi J.]

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Detectives who interviewed Michael Roseboro noticed that he had multiple scratches near his mouth and an apparently fresh cut on his left hand, police said.


What's with the fresh cuts on the husband?? That doesn't sound good at all, for him.

:0001: No it doesn't

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An autopsy didn't determine which factor — the beating or the drowning — was the primary cause of Jan Roseboro's death, but the postmortem indicated she was the victim of a homicide, investigators said.

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Jan Roseboro

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[nanabillie]

Such a beautiful woman.

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A mother of four was found brutally beaten to death in the back yard of her Lancaster County home. A murder investigation is now underway.

There are many more questions than answers - who did it and why? Jan Roseboro, by all accounts, was a pillar of the Reinholds community. She helped out with the local swim team and volunteered with an environmental group.

People who knew the 45-year-old woman say she was very active in community. Roseboro volunteered with the East Cocalico Swim Team alongside of Joe Maurizi. He couldn't believe she was gone.

"Jan was very ... always had a smile on," he said. "Never had a bad thing to say about anybody. Was always willing to go an extra mile for the kids and for the team."

Police say Tuesday night, Roseboro's husband Michael called 911 and reported he found Jan unconscious in the family swimming pool. Officers arrived at the house on West Main Street to find Michael performing CPR on his wife. After an autopsy, investigators determined her death was no accident. She was murdered.

"She had extensive injuries to many different parts of her body that are consistent with multiple blunt force trauma," said Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman. "A beating. In addition to that, the other cause of death was drowning. Somebody brutally assaulted her and drowned her."

The family's yard is enclosed by a metal fence. Investigators say there were no signs of forced entry and no signs of a struggle. At this point, police are not naming any suspects.

"We ask for cooperation from the community, from friends of hers, from people that knew the family to come forward an cooperate with us. Obviously, we've got a murderer out there. We've got a crime to solve - a tremendously serious crime," said Stedman.

Meanwhile, police continue to interview neighbors and family members. We're told the Roseboros had a get-together at their home earlier that evening.

Investigators say no adults other than Jan's husband were around at the time. As for the Roseboro's four kids, there's no word if they were home. We asked if detectives found any weapons at the scene, but the district attorney couldn't comment.

[nanabillie]

http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/224997No blood found after Reinholds murder
Mother of four may have been beaten inside home, dumped in pool. Lancaster New Era
Published: Jul 25, 2008
11:57 EST
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By TOM MURSE, StaffCourt records obtained by the New Era today shed new light on the brutal slaying of a 45-year-old mother of four found at her backyard swimming pool late Tuesday night.
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The information includes:

• Jan E. Roseboro may have been beaten inside her Reinholds home and dumped in the pool while three of her four children were asleep.

• She was struck on the left side of her head, directly behind her ear, with a tool stamped with an "L" mark, and then beaten and kicked — causing injuries that would have brought substantial bleeding.

• East Cocalico Township police who were dispatched to the scene Tuesday night saw no signs of blood in or near the pool, but did observe a plastic bucket with a rag and liquid inside that "had a strong odor of Pine-Sol" near the pool.
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• Mrs. Roseboro's husband, Michael, who called 911, told police that he had gone to bed at 10 p.m. Tuesday while his wife remained outside at the pool. He told police that he awoke at 10:58 p.m. to go to the bathroom and noticed the pool lights still lit, and when he went outside to check on his wife, she was at the bottom of the deep end of the pool.

• Police who interviewed Mr. Roseboro at his home on Wednesday saw "what appeared to be multiple vertical scratches on Roseboro's face near his mouth" and "what appeared to be a fresh cut on Roseboro's left hand."

The details were contained in an application for a search warrant of the Roseboro home, at 107 W. Main St. in Reinholds, filed by East Cocalico Township Police on Wednesday.

Police have not named a suspect or person of interest in the case, which has stunned residents of the rural community in northeast Lancaster County.
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But they executed the search warrant of Roseboro's home late Thursday morning. An inventory of what they retrieved from the home had not yet been filed at Magisterial District Judge Nancy Hamill's office in Stevens.

However, in their application, police indicated they were seeking clothing and shoes belonging to Mr. Roseboro, as well as any weapon that may have caused Mrs. Roseboro's head injury.

Police also sought to take a water sample from the swimming pool, as well as brooms, mops, sponges, rags, buckets, drain traps and other cleaning supplies such as discarded napkins, paper towels and cleaning agents.

Police also were looking to seize a computer and any files on it, as well as trace evidence by the pool, such as hair fibers, blood and body fluids.

Although the search took place 36 hours after the killing, police had secured the house a day earlier, on Wednesday, to preserve evidence.

Forensic pathologist Dr. Wayne K. Ross performed an autopsy Wednesday and made police aware late that morning that he had found Roseboro suffered multiple blunt force trauma, and her death was a homicide.

"The house was secured very shortly after it was ruled a homicide," said Stedman. "The execution of the search warrant is not when we sealed the house. You can secure a house as long as you know a search warrant is coming. Once we had the autopsy results from Dr. Ross, we did secure the house."

Stedman reiterated his statement to the New Era that the murderer remains at large.

"There is no question that there is a murderer in our community. People should take precautions and report anything suspicious. We've committed a lot of resources to this, and we're going to continue to work on this."

East Cocalico Township police did not release any new information this morning and would not take media inquiries.

Mr. Roseboro is a director of the Roseboro Funeral Home in Denver, which is well known in the northeastern part of the county and has been in the family for more than a century. He has not returned phone calls.

The Major Crimes Unit Forensic Team allowed the family back into the home Thursday night.

Police were dispached to the home at 11:03 p.m. Tuesday. According to the search warrant application, Officer Michael J. Firestone arrived to find Mrs. Roseboro lying next to the pool and a medic performing CPR on her.

Mrs. Roseboro was wearing a sweatshirt and shorts, and her clothing was soaking wet. Firestone approached Mr. Roseboro, who was wearing boxer shorts and nothing else, to ask what happened.

Mr. Roseboro told the officer that he had gone to bed at 10 p.m. while his wife remained by the pool. He got up to go to the bathroom later in the evening and noticed the pool lights and outside torches were still lit. He told the officer he walked outside to turn the lights off and saw his wife in the deep end of the pool.

Mr. Roseboro told police he then pulled his wife from the pool and called 911. A dispatcher advised him how to do CPR, and he performed it until a medic arrived.

Mr. Roseboro told police his wife had not been swimming at all that day. She was pronounced dead at 11:57 p.m.

While there, the officer saw a cell phone and pair of eyeglasses at the bottom of the pool, both of which belonged to Mrs. Roseboro. The officer also saw two small stones in the pool, but did not see any signs of a disturbance or that a struggle had taken place, the search warrant application states.

Officers Firestone and Steve Savage did see a pink plastic bucket containing a rag and what smelled like Pine-Sol, a popular cleaning solvent, along the edge of the patio between a screened-in porch and the pool.

Police said three of the four children were home at the time. The eldest, who had recently graduated from Cocalico High School, was not.

During an interview with police early Wednesday morning, Mr. Roseboro said he had been swimming with his children from 5 p.m. to about 8:45 or 9 p.m. Tuesday, according to the search warrant application.

Mr. Roseboro told police his wife was at the pool, but did not swim. He said his children went inside the home at 9:15 p.m., and that he and his wife stayed outside on the deck area.

Mr. Roseboro told police that he went to bed at 10 p.m. He said his wife told him she was going to stay outside by the pool, and that he went inside and fell asleep. He said he awoke at 10:58 p.m. to go to the bathroom.

Mr. Roseboro told police that his wife could swim, but that she never wore shorts and a sweatshirt in the pool.

He then allowed police to walk through his home, at 2:50 Wednesday morning. Police noted nothing unusual.

When police described the wound behind his wife's left ear, Mr. Roseboro "stated he had not observed the injury and did not ask any questions about it."

East Cocalico Township Police Sgt. Larry Martin, writing in the search warrant application, said "there is reason to believe that the person that committed the homicide of Jan Roseboro may have caused the injury to the back of her head while inside the residence and then subsequently placed her inside the pool.

"There is further reason to believe that blood evidence was cleaned in an effort to conceal the crime."

He also noted that, during an interview with police at 2:11 p.m. on Wednesday, county detectives noticed what appeared to be the injuries to Mr. Roseboro's face and hand.


Staff writer Tom Murse can be reached at tmurse@LNPnews.com or 481-6021.

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Hundreds pack service for murder victim Jan Roseboro; investigators work all day on the case, but no arrest is made Sunday News
Published: Jul 27, 2008
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By JON RUTTER, StaffA worship service in memory of homicide victim Jan E. Roseboro was prompted by a tragedy "beyond understanding," the Rev. Larry G. Hummer said Saturday.
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Hundreds of people crowded into the service at Swamp Evangelical Lutheran Church in Reinholds.

Mourners were reluctant to talk to the press. There were few other developments in the case Saturday.

But a Roseboro cousin said the close-knit family has been traumatized by the murder that transfixed their rural community last week.

"It's a very tough situation," said 23-year-old Shawn Roseboro, of Reinholds.
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If he weren't a member of the family, he added, "I could only imagine what I'd think."

The Roseboro family owns the Roseboro Funeral Home in Denver.

Mrs. Roseboro's husband, Michael A. Roseboro, told police that he woke up Tuesday night to find her fully clothed and unconscious in the pool at their home at 107 W. Main St.

The 45-year-old woman was pronounced dead at 11:57 p.m. at Ephrata Community Hospital.
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The death was caused by drowning and multiple blunt-force injuries, including a circular puncture-type head wound with an L-shaped marking, according to Lancaster County Forensic Pathologist Dr. Wayne K. Ross.

No one has been charged in the crime, which was believed to be the first murder in East Cocalico Township.

Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni said Saturday afternoon that he had approved release of the victim's body to a funeral home of the family's choosing. There was no coffin at the service.

District Attorney Craig Stedman said that county detectives worked all day on the case Saturday in conjunction with East Cocalico police.

According to an affidavit of probable cause, police confiscated numerous items from the Roseboro home last week, including water samples, computers and other electronic items, a small amount of blood and hair, a pair of extra-large swim trunks, a smoking pipe and a bag of "suspected marijuana."

A search warrant executed Thursday allowed officials to search for possible crime cleanup tools.

Among other items seized, according to court documents, were a floor mop with a yellow handle, a piece of wood, a bottle of Pine-Sol liquid cleaner, two blood-stained tissues and two adhesive bandages.

Investigators noticed a strong odor of Pine-Sol near the fenced-in pool, it was reported last week.

According to the affidavit, a 17-year-old boy told police that the Roseboros' son, Samuel, had left the home about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday with two companions, "and that everything appeared normal."

Michael Roseboro told police he had left his wife by the pool to go to bed about 10 p.m.

When he got up and discovered her in the water about an hour later, he called 911 and tried to resuscitate her.

Investigators said last week that Mrs. Roseboro might have been assaulted inside the home and then placed in the pool.

Stedman said Friday that some family members had been uncooperative.

But Shawn Roseboro spoke out on TalkBack, the Lancaster Newspapers' online forum, last week. During a phone interview with a reporter, he voiced frustration over press coverage of the case.

It's a challenging case to report on, given the reluctance of other family members to talk, Roseboro acknowledged. However, he added, the media has missed some aspects of the story.

"No one has covered that Michael has been there for his children. Nobody looked at how close the family is" and how difficult it is to be under a cloud of suspicion in such a close community.

"I just wish people would put themselves in the Roseboros' shoes."

He said the dramatic nature of the crime is potentially damaging to the family's funeral business and reputation.

Roseboro said he had known Michael and Jan as long as he can remember.

"I adored Jan," he added, noting that Mrs. Roseboro actively supported charitable causes and Cocalico School District sports.

Saturday morning, hundreds of people memorialized her in the 50-year-old, A-frame Lutheran church at 275 Swamp Church Road.

White lilies had been placed on the altar and visitors were handed remembrance cards with a photo of Mrs. Roseboro on the front and the legend "Footprints in the Sand" on the back.

Many mourners sat on folding chairs while others stood in the rear vestibule.

The Rev. Hummer and the Rev. Dennis Trout officiated at the service.

Hummer, the pastor of Faith United Lutheran Church in Denver, which the Roseboros attended, said that Mrs. Roseboro loved all creation, especially the ocean.

"We grieve the all-too-short life of a wonderful woman," Hummer said. "Jan was gracious and giving. Jan had a zest for life. Jan will be remembered for the example she set."

The Roseboros were married 19 years, according to Mrs. Roseboro's obituary, and they had four children, Samuel, Rachel, Noah and Stella.

Three of the children were at home when Michael Roseboro found his wife in the pool, according to police.

The large, red-shuttered house, which lies a short distance from the church, was quiet Saturday afternoon, and the window blinds were drawn. Several trash cans and bags were piled to one side of the property.

A grill, toys and a package of soda were stored under an outside canopy.

A neighbor, Courtney Rolinski, 25, said that there was a police car sitting in the neighborhood Thursday and Friday.

Another neighbor said that the Roseboros always waved when they were out in the yard.

"They seemed like a really nice couple," said the second neighbor, who asked not to be identified. "They seemed like they were always having fun, playing around the pool."


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Jon Rutter is a staff writer for the Sunday News. His e-mail address is jrutter@lnpnews.com.

[KittyMom]

I'd like to know what the children heard. There had to be some noise based on how severely Jan was beaten (iirc, kicked, stomped). I'll bet those children heard something.

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It's been more than a week since Jan Roseboro was killed inside her Reinholds home July 22.

As of Thursday evening, no arrests had been made in the slaying of the 45-year-old mother of four.

Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman said that doesn't mean authorities are sitting on their hands.

"I want to assure the community that law enforcement is working relentlessly on this tragic case," he said. "Murder investigations are a solemn responsibility. There are often a lot of leads and investigation which must take place behind the scenes."

Stedman said law-enforcement officials must do "all that we can."

"We must also be mindful that the presumption of innocence is part of our criminal justice system and protects even the accused until such time as they are convicted at trial."

According to court documents unsealed Thursday, one of the leads police are investigating is a report that Jan Roseboro's husband of 19 years, Michael J. Roseboro, 41, was having an extramarital affair at the time his wife was killed.

A woman whose name was redacted by authorities in the documents released to the public told police she had sex with Michael Roseboro just a few hours before Jan Roseboro was pronounced dead.

This and other information was contained in an affidavit filed to obtain a search warrant for the Roseboro Funeral Home, 533 Walnut St., Denver. Police seized computers there believed to be used by Michael Roseboro to contact the woman via e-mail.

The affidavit states "it is reasonable to believe that Roseboro would have been less likely to use the shared household computer, which was accessible by the victim and the four children, and more likely to use his work e-mail to access e-mail accounts and/or instant messenger which relate to or reference the extramarital affair … ."

Investigators wrote that the computers could "potentially assist in establishing a chronology of events and confirming the existence of the extramarital" affair.

According to police, Michael Roseboro has said he left his wife beside the pool at their home at 107 W. Main St. around 10 p.m. July 22 when he went to bed.

He said he got up to go to the bathroom about an hour later and noticed the pool lights were still on.

Michael Roseboro told police he then went outside and found his wife floating in the pool. He called 911 at 11:03 p.m. and was performing CPR when medics arrived.

Jan Roseboro was pronounced dead a short time later at Ephrata Community Hospital.

After performing an autopsy the next day, forensic pathologist Dr. Wayne Ross ruled Jan Roseboro died as a result of a severe beating and freshwater drowning. He listed the manner of death as homicide.

Among the wounds Jan Roseboro sustained was a hole in her skull and an adjacent "L"-shaped marking Ross said was consistent with a marking that would be made by a tool.

Jan Roseboro's wounds should have caused her to bleed a great deal, yet investigators found "no evidence of blood" at the house, an affidavit states.

"Perpetrators of crimes, especially criminal homicide, will attempt to conceal the offense by cleaning the crime scene and making efforts to remove blood and other trace evidence," an affidavit states.

On July 24, police searched the Roseboro home and used "mechanisms to detect blood not visible to the naked eye," but still they found no blood. Police also seized cleaning agents and tools from the home.

Investigators have learned that three of the Roseboros' four children were home at the time Michael Roseboro called 911. The couple's oldest son, Samuel, was the only one not at home.

When police interviewed Michael Roseboro the day after his wife was killed, officers noticed multiple scratches on his face and a fresh cut on his left hand.

On July 25, investigators interviewed the woman who told them she had been having an affair with Michael Roseboro.

She told police she had sex with Roseboro between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. on July 22, an affidavit states.

The woman also told police Michael Roseboro called her around 7 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. the same day.

On July 27, an affidavit says, police again interviewed the woman, who reported that Michael Roseboro had corresponded with her via e-mail "in excess of of 20 times from the Roseboro Funeral Home."

The affidavit does not state when police executed the search warrant on the funeral home.

Stedman said he had the affidavit for the warrant sealed until Thursday "for public safety reasons."

"There was also some information in there that we didn't want to taint interviews we had not yet completed," Stedman said.

More interviews, as well as "forensic examinations," have yet to be conducted as part of the investigation, Stedman wrote in an e-mail to the Intelligencer Journal on Thursday evening. He did not elaborate.

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CBS 21 has learned that a woman told police that she and Michael Roseboro were having an affair. The two had been corresponding with each other through the computer.

The woman says that she and Roseboro had sex between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. the day of Jan's murder.

Rosenboro claims to have been in the family pool with his children from 5 p.m. until 8:45 p.m.

His alleged mistress says he called her at 7 p.m. and again at 8:45 p.m.

The court papers state that Michael Roseboro was alone with his wife for about 30 minutes before he supposedly went to bed at 10 p.m. The family went inside while Jan stayed outside a bit longer.

[Heidi J.]

Not good! Not saying it makes him guilty.. just a snake.:madranting94dp:

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Police in East Cocalico Township are charging Michael Roseboro with one count of Criminal Homicide in the death of his wife, Jan. The mother of four was found dead in a swimming pool at the main street in Reinholds last month.
After an extensive investigation, police say they believe Roseboro strangled and drowned his wife.
Michael Roseboro is currently in prison and is being held without bail pending a preliminary hearing.
A press conference on the case is scheduled for Monday morning.


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LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -- A Lancaster County man charged with killing his wife said he did not do it.
The attorney for Michael Roseboro spoke Wednesday morning.
He said Roseboro did everything in his power to revive his wife and did seek medical assistance when he found Jan Roseboro in their backyard swimming pool at the family's home in Reinholds.
Michael Roseboro's attorney said it would be premature to speak on allegations that the motive for murder was an affair.
The attorney also said when Jan Roseboro's body was released to the family there was $40,000 worth of jewelry, which she had been wearing, missing.




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July 24, 2008: Police Investigate Homicide Of 45-Year-Old Woman (http://www.wgal.com/news/16974624/detail.html)

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Thanks for the links nanabillie.. I thought from the get go he was the killer. I don't know how he thought he would get away with it. It seems like an episode of Columbo, one of my favorite old detective shows.

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Maybe they should look at this girlfriends for all that missing jewerly.

[Shotzie]

here is picture of angie funk and articles about her baby she had by her boyfriend

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Thanks, Shotzie. That article covered it very well.

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from the link provided, although, snipped to reflect highlights of week 1...much more at the link
Week 1 Rundown

Michael Roseboro, a funeral home owner from Reinholds Pa., is accused of beating strangling and drowning his wife in their backyard pool on July 22, 2008.


During the first week of the trial, the jury listened for hours as more than a hundred e-mails between Michael Roseboro and his alleged mistress, Angela Funk, were read. The prosecution alleges that Roseboro was so obsessed with Funk that he killed his wife. District Attorney Craig Stedman said in his opening statements that Roseboro wanted to keep his home, children, $400,000 a year income and marry his mistress. Funk is expected to testify this week.

Defense attorney Allan Sodomsky argued that just because his client had an affair, that does not add up to murder. The defense argues that a random killer murdered Jan Roseboro and escaped.

During the first week, the jury also heard from neighbors and friends, who talked about what happened the night of the murder and what Roseboro's demeanor was like afterward. You can read a complete, day-by-day breakdown of the first week of the trial here.

News 8 has also built a Roseboro Trial section of the Web site. You can access that here. The section includes Michael Roseboro's complete statement that he released the month after the murder, details of e-mails exchanged between Roseboro and Funk and a slideshow of the crime scene.

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Roseboro Trial: Week 2 Wrap-Up
Roseboro Accused Of Beating, Strangling, Drowning Wife In Backyard Pool
POSTED: 8:57 am EDT July 20, 2009
UPDATED: 9:10 am EDT July 26, 2009

LANCASTER, Pa. -- The prosecution is getting closer to wrapping up its case against Michael Roseboro, a man accused of killing his wife last summer at their Reinholds home. News 8's Janelle Stelson was in the courtroom and provided updates to WGAL and WGAL.com during breaks. You can read her complete synopsis of Friday -- and the entire week of court proceedings below:


Michael Roseboro is accused of killing his wife Jan at their Reinholds home on July 22, 2008.

IMAGES: Crime Scene, Suspect, Victim

Friday, the prosecution called two of its final witnesses -- both detectives who interviewed Roseboro after his wife was killed.

Detective Jan Walters

Lancaster County Detective Jan Walters interviewed Michael Roseboro at home the day after his wife Jan Roseboro was killed, and again at the police station at 5:30 p.m. that day, July 23, 2008. Walters testified that by then he had seen Jan Roseboro's autopsy results and knew she had been murdered. He said when he told Roseboro that, Roseboro showed no reaction and asked no questions.

Walters said Roseboro was then given his Miranda rights. The detective said Roseboro asked if he was a suspect and was told, "Yes. You must have known it would come to this." Roseboro was asked if there was any other explanation for what happened (to Jan) and he replied, "No," and was looking down and not making eye contact.

A police photographer was called to the interview room and Roseboro consented to having his picture taken. Those photos show scratches on his face and a bruise on his right knee.

Detective Walters testified that he felt, "pretty good about Roseboro being the one." District Attorney Craig Stedman asked why. Walters said that most people are killed by someone they know. He also said that the killer had a "very narrow window of opportunity." Walters also said he had heard Roseboro's 911 call for help and had seen scratches on his face.

"This was an up close and personal attack – no knife, no gun – this was personal," Walters said.

Defense attorney Alan Sodomsky countered asking if Walters was only looking at Roseboro as a suspect and Walters said, "My mind wasn’t closed. I’m a professional. But my attention had certainly focused on him."

Court was adjourned around midafternoon. Jurors were allowed to leave early because lawyers were arguing over evidence and the dispute was expected to last until about 4:30 p.m. The subject of that dispute was not revealed.

Court will resume Monday. The prosecution will still be making its case.

Earlier Friday -- Detective Keith Neff

The morning began with Michael Roseboro's defense attorney cross examining detective Keith Neff of the East Cocalico Police Department, the officer who arrested Roseboro. As the prosecution winded down its case, defense attorney Allan Sodomsky wanted to nail down specific details on a number of fronts.

Sodomsky asked if Neff was present for all three of the first police interviews with Michael Roseboro. Neff said, "Yes." Neff went on to say, by the second interview at 2:11 p.m. the day after Jan Roseboro was found dead, they knew she had been murdered. They asked Roseboro specific questions about how he got her out of the pool.

In the third police interview, Neff and Roseboro were alone at the police station. Neff testified that Roseboro said, "I don't know what happened." Neff told the court that he said, "We're past that." Neff said he was trying to get Roseboro to open up. Neff said he told Roseboro, "Sometimes things happen. It doesn't mean they're planned." Neff said Roseboro calmly stated, again, that he "did not do it." Neff said Roseboro then asked, "Am I a suspect?"

Neff said less than 24 hours after the murder, Roseboro never asked any other questions about what had happened.

Det. Neff was also asked about photos taken of Michael Roseboro in a police interview the day after the murder, which show Roseboro's hands, scratches on his face and a fresh bruise on his right knee.

Sodomsky asked very specific questions about how and where police photos were taken of the Roseboro residence from the vantage point of a witness who testified that she noticed the house was very dark when she drove by around 10:30 p.m. the night of the murder.

Sodomsky also asked how many times detective Neff had checked the view of the Roseboro pool from the Malamon house across the street. The answer: twice -- once during the day and once at night. September Malamon had testified the lights were out at the Roseboro's after 10 p.m. the night Jan Roseboro was killed, July 22, 2008.

Thursday

Another DNA expert, a pastor, a family friend and police officers all took the stand Thursday.

The prosecution tried to make its case Thursday that the only person who could have killed Jan Roseboro was her husband, Michael Roseboro. They called another DNA expert to the stand to testify.

The independent forensics biologist DNA expert, Katherine Cross, from National Medical Services, testified that blood found under Jan Roseboro's fingernails was her's, but Michael Roseboro's DNA was found under her nails as well. There was so much DNA that the expert said it was not from casual contact, especially since Jan Roseboro's body had been in the pool and there was a likely a struggle involved.

The DNA expert also told the jury that Jan Roseboro's nails had been relatively short, so it would have taken a lot of force to get that much of Michael Roseboro's DNA lodged in her nailbeds.

Roseboro's attorney asked if the DNA could have been from a back scratch. The expert said possibly, but it was not "the most likely probability."

On Wednesday, a Pennsylvania State Police DNA expert testified that DNA found under Jan Roseboro's nails was most likely Michael Roseboro's.

A police officer, Keith Neff, of the East Cocalico Police Department, testified that he saw scratches on Michael Roseboro's face the night of the killing. He said the scratches were on the left side of Roseboro's face, near his lower lip and around his goatee.

Pictures of the scratches that were taken during a police interview were entered into evidence and shown to the jury. Stelson said she was able to see the pictures and that scratches were visible on Roseboro's face in the photos.

Neff also testified about the day Roseboro was arrested. Neff said that when Roseboro was read his Miranda Rights and told that he was being arrested for his wife's murder, his demeanor did not change in any way. Neff said it was the same when police told Roseboro that his wife had been murdered. Neff said Roseboro's demeanor did not change at that time either.

Pastor Says Roseboro 'Wept On His Shoulder,' But Was Joking Later

Dennis Trout -- a longtime Lutheran pastor -- testified the night of Jan Roseboro's murder he was called to the home, where Michael Roseboro "wept on my shoulder." But Trout went on to say that later Roseboro was laughing and joking around.

Mary Stewart a friend of Ann Roseboro, the suspect's mother, testified she and Ann were in Vermont the night of the murder and that Mrs. Roseboro's cell phone never rang. This is significant because two calls were made from Jan Roseboro's cell phone the night she was killed. One of those calls was a 19-second call to Ann Roseboro. The prosecution contends Michael Roseboro made that call to make it look like Jan was still alive at the time.

And perhaps the most interesting testimony of the morning came from Sgt. Larry Martin, of the East Cocalico Police Department. He told the jury about the lighting in the pool area where Jan Roseboro's body was found. He testified there were six primary light sources, most with different switches in various places. The lighting includes a dusk-to-dawn light that several neighbors have testified always comes on automatically, but was off for a short time with the other lights at the Roseboro's the night of the killing.

That dusk-to-dawn light is on a breaker labeled Turkey House. The prosecution contends no random killer would be able to figure out the complicated lighting system, turn it off, kill Jan Roseoboro, then turn it back on in the small window of time in which she was killed.

Michael Roseboro told police he went to bed at 10 p.m. July 22, 2008 and Jan was still at the pool. Roseboro said he woke up shortly before 11 p.m. and found Jan's body floating in the deep end.

Wednesday

Michael Roseboro's mistress, Angela Funk, took the stand again Wednesday in a Lancaster courtroom, DNA evidence was discussed and a neighbor of the accused testified about her outburst days after the killing.

During the afternoon, testimony focused on DNA.

A Pennsylvania State Police forensics science DNA profiling expert, Sabine Panzer-Kaelin, testified that two bloodstains found on victim Jan Roseboro's sweatshirt were Jan's blood.

Panzer-Kaelin also testified that DNA found under Jan Roseboro's fingernails during an autopsy likely belonged to the accused, Jan's husband, Michael Roseboro.

A friend of the family testified that he took Michael Roseboro to the police station and while there, noticed Roseboro dabbing blood off his face.

Police have said before that when they interviewed Roseboro after the killing, they noticed scratches on his face.

Roseboro's Neighbors Testify


Jan Roseboro was found face down in her backyard pool in Reinholds on July 22, 2008. Police said she had been beaten, strangled and drowned.

A couple of Michael Roseboro's neighbors took the stand Wednesday. One of them, September Malamon, told the jury that a few days after the murder, Michael Roseboro had a small gathering at his house and someone was swimming.

Malamon testified that she was so upset by this that she ran across the street to the Roseboros and screamed, "She died in the pool for God's sake! She died in the pool!"

Jan Roseboro was found face down in her backyard pool on July 22, 2008. An autopsy showed that she had been beaten, strangled and drowned.

Prosecution Challenges Truthfulness Of Mistress

Angela Funk answered questions from the prosecution about her relationship Michael Roseboro, and the communications the two had in the days before and after the murder. Her 1-and-a-half hours of testimony on Wednesday followed more than four hours on Tuesday.


Angela Funk ducks down in the backseat of a car as she leaves court on Wednesday. Funk arrived to court in one car and left in another. She parked in the courthouse garage.

On Wednesday, District Attorney Craig Stedman challenged Funk several times, asking her about the depth of her relationship with Roseboro. She said that the relationship was deep and meaningful, not just a sexual romp. The defense has characterized the pair's relationship as "lustful banter."

Funk said that she had hope for a future with Roseboro. Given the seriousness of the relationship, Stedman questioned Funk about her truthfulness with investigators. He said initially Funk did not tell investigators about her phone calls, meetings and text messages with Roseboro in the days after the murder. Funk said she didn't think that was relevant at the time and said she has been truthful.

In one exchange, Stedman raised his voice and said, "Jan Roseboro is barely dead and you're making out with the defendant." Funk said, "Yes."

Funk also told the court that she had a "change of heart" in her relationship with Roseboro and that she wanted to work on her marriage. Stedman asked her about that, pointing out that she sounded happy in a jailhouse phone call that Roseboro made to her in April. Stedman asked Funk if she still loved Roseboro. Funk said, "I can't just turn my feelings off, I love him (Roseboro) very deeply."

Despite those deep feelings, and the fact that statements made to police were in the context of her being deeply in love with Roseboro, Funk said, "But if he killed her, I'm not going to hide anything." She also said, "If he's guilty he needs to be convicted."

Stedman continued to pound on the relationship and Funk's truthfulness with investigators. He zeroed in on a quote taken from a jailhouse phone call when Funk said to Roseboro, "… they're (the phone calls) recorded and I don't want them to have anything on you." Stedman accused Funk of warning Roseboro that police might have something on him. Funk simply said, "Yes."

Stedman asked Funk if Roseboro had given any indication that something big would be happening the night of the murder. Funk said, "No." Stedman also asked if it was just a coincidence that in the days before the murder, Funk and Roseboro e-mailed one another about getting married soon. Funk said the e-mails and the murder were just a coincidence. She also said that Roseboro never gave a specific plan for leaving his wife.

IMAGES: E-Mails Roseboro, Alleged Mistress Exchanged

Pregnancy Worries


Michael Roseboro's mug shot from 2008.

Stedman referred to a "condom malfunction" during one encounter Funk had with Roseboro and whether that incident had Funk worried that she might become pregnant (which she eventually did).

Funk said initially, she didn't give the so-called malfunction a second thought.

Stedman asked Funk if it would have been a world-shattering event for her to become pregnant. Funk said yes because her husband had a vasectomy and she would have a lot of explaining to do.

Funk's testimony in the trial ended with her softly crying. She had been asked if she ever intended to hurt anybody. She said, "No."

Funk is now off the stand. It's expected that DNA evidence will be discussed this afternoon.

Tuesday Wrap-Up

Raw emotion and the seedy details of an affair between Michael Roseboro and Angela Funk were on display Tuesday. Roseboro, a Lancaster County funeral home owner, is accused of killing his wife, Jan Roseboro.

Michael Roseboro's mistress Angela Funk, took the stand in some of the trial's most dramatic moments. When she was asked to identify Michael Roseboro in the courtroom, she could barely look at him. After that, she did not look at Roseboro once during her five hours of testimony.

At 9:40 a.m. Angela Funk began telling the jury about her relationship with Michael Roseboro and how it really started -- even before he called her and asked her to lunch on May 29, 2008. Funk said she and her best friend often joked about Funk marrying Roseboro when they saw him coming and going to his family funeral home just down the street from the Funk residence.

Funk said when Roseboro called the first time, out of the blue, he told her "he couldn't stop thinking about me."

They had sex for the first time about a week later in an unfurnished apartment Funk manages for her parents in Mount Joy. She also told the jury they had sex in the funeral parlor. Then she said they saw each other nearly every day at Turkey Hill, where they would chit-chat, before she went to work.

During Angela Funk's testimony, Stelson said she looked at the victim's family and they were "cringing."

Roseboro was flush, red-faced, during much of the same testimony, Stelson said.

Day Of The Killing

Funk also testified that the day of Jan Roseboro's murder, she showed an apartment then Michael Roseboro came over. The two had lunch, had sex and Michael Roseboro left after about three hours.


The Roseboro family home at 107 W. Main St. in Reinholds.

Funk testified about a 17-minute phone call she and Michael Roseboro had about 9 p.m. the night of the murder. At first she said she couldn't remember. Then she said the two talked about "how much we loved each other and planned to leave our spouses."

Funk said after that call, she tried to call Roseboro three more times that night, but he did not answer. She also said she text messaged him once, but he did not reply. There was no more contact that night after the 9 p.m. conversation, according to Funk.

Also on the day of the murder, Funk said she told Roseboro that she "would not have to wait long to find out what it would be like to be his wife." To that, District Attorney Craig Stedman said, somewhat incredulously, "You're telling me it's a 100 percent pure coincidence that a few hours after that, Jan Roseboro is dead?" Funk responded, "Yes."

Funk also admitted to the jury that she and Roseboro had planned where they would have their wedding. They were picking out her dress, their rings, their hair styles and where they would honeymoon.

Police have said that the day after the murder, they noticed scratches on Michael Roseboro's face. He told them that his daughter did it when they were playing.

Funk was asked about the scratches and whether she had seen them. She said that when she saw Roseboro the day of the killing, he did not have any scratches on his face.

After The Murder

Funk said she saw Roseboro two times after the killing. Both times they met behind Roseboro's family funeral home. Funk said they "hugged and kissed and Roseboro was upset and scared about being a suspect."

From the day after the murder, July 23, 2008, until Roseboro's arrest on Aug. 2, 2008, they called each other 59 times and sent 165 text messages.

Funk said Roseboro never told her that Jan Roseboro had been murdered. She said Roseboro simply told her that Jan had drowned. Funk said she learned that Jan had been killed by watching the news.

On July 24, Funk said Roseboro called from his sister's house and told her that the police thought he had killed Jan. He said it was important to him that Funk believed he was innocent.

In the days after the murder, Funk also said she read in newspaper accounts that Roseboro had engaged in other affairs. She said she asked Roseboro if this was true and he told her no. However on Monday, testimony was entered into the proceedings from a woman with whom Roseboro had an affair in 2003.

After receiving two jail house phone calls in April from Roseboro, she told his attorney she didn't want to hear from him any more. Stedman asked Funk why she didn't want to take his calls. She responded, "Because it could hurt him and it could hurt me."

Pregnancy

Funk testified that she likely became pregnant about two weeks before Jan Roseboro was killed. She did not know she was pregnant until Aug. 1, which is the day before Michael Roseboro was arrested.

Funk said Roseboro was in shock when she told him. Funk said Roseboro told her, "… any other time this would be good news. But this is not good timing." Funk said Roseboro told her he was against abortion, but suggested she get one. Funk disagreed. She said on the stand, "No, that was not an option." The following exchange about the pregnancy took place between Funk and Stedman:
Funk: "I hoped the pregnancy would not come up at the trial."

Stedman: "Why?"

Funk: "Because we didn't know about it until after the murder."

Stedman: "If he didn't do it, why would that matter?"

Funk: "I was jut trying to protect my baby."
Funk also said Roseboro told her that he wished she had not told police that they were having an affair.

Funk cried twice on the stand. One time was when she was talking about her baby who Roseboro fathered. The other was when she was asked if she was embarrassed that people found out she was having sex even though she was married.

It's Over

Funk said she would always love Roseboro because he was the father of their child, but the relationship is over.

Funk said that even if Roseboro is found not guilty, she has "given up on their relationship" and she and Roseboro would not be together.

Stelson said that Roseboro was visibly upset by Funk's words.
Funk's Husband Takes Stand

First on the stand Tuesday was Randy Funk. He is the husband of Angela Funk.

Randy Funk did not have a lot to say other than that his wife was home the night Jan Roseboro was murdered -- July 22, 2008.

On the way out of the courtroom, Randy Funk glared at Michael Roseboro.

Phone Records Discussed Monday

Phone records were discussed, another affair was revealed and quotes from two jailhouse phone calls were released Monday in the trial of the Lancaster County funeral home operator accused of killing his wife so he could be with his mistress.

Jailhouse Phone Calls

Prosecutors said many of the jailhouse phone calls between Roseboro and his mistress Funk centered on the birth of their child, Matthew.

In one conversation, which happened in April 14, 2009, Roseboro tells Funk he was very happy to hear she had an attorney. Regarding the attorneys and her newborn son, Funk says, "Yea, I know, two hours after Matthew was born they took blood from him."

In another portion of the conversation, Roseboro says, "How's Matthew doing?" Funk says, "He's a great baby." Roseboro says, "I wish I could have been there." Funk says, "He's the spitting image of you." Roseboro responded, "Poor guy."

They talk more about their baby, who was born a little more than eight months after Jan Roseboro was beaten, strangled and drowned. Funk said, "I pushed a whole three minutes. It didn't take long. It was a nice time."

Roseboro then asked, "Is it a problem if I call you?" Funk said, "No… but they're recorded and I don't want them to have anything on you."

Later in the conversation, Roseboro told Funk, "I don't want you to give up on us because I won't. I totally plan on being out of here by August."

They both end the conversation by saying, "I love you."

In an April 16th conversation Roseboro told Funk several times how good it was to hear her voice. They talk about all the people who are being mean to her and that he's fortunate to be in prison because she's on the outside getting the "brunt of it."

In the same call, Roseboro said he forgot to congratulate Funk about the Phillies and Steelers. He also discusses how he wants to help some of the other inmates get jobs when they and he get out of prison.

Prosecution: 1,425 Phone Calls In Less Than A Month Before Murder

Monday afternoon the trial focused again on contact between Roseboro and Funk.

Prosecutors said between May 29, 2008 and July 22, 2008 (the day Jan Roseboro was murdered) Funk and Roseboro made 1,425 phone calls, sent 200 e-mails and sent 1,068 text messages to each other. Breaking down the numbers closer to the time of the crime, prosecutors said they found that on July 21 and 22, there were 61 phones calls, 13 e-mails and 47 text messages between Michael Roseboro and Funk.

Roseboro Did Not Go To Hospital With Wife

The phone records also revealed that Roseboro did not accompany his wife to the hospital when an ambulance took her from their Reinholds home.

He stayed behind, calling several relatives and his funeral home, letting people know that Jan had died.

The phone records show that he did not call the hospital.

Previous Affair Revealed

Testimony from two witnesses was admitted Monday, based on an agreement between both the prosecution and the defense, without those individuals having to appear personally.

One person was Katherine Shwank. It was revealed that she had an affair with Michael Roseboro in 2003. Her testimony indicated that Roseboro had talked to her about the financial consequences his affair could have.

Shwank's testimony indicated that Roseboro's father learned of their affair and threatened to reclaim part of the family funeral home if he did not break it off. Michael Roseboro owns 95 percent of the home. His father owns 5 percent. Shwank said Roseboro's father threatened to split the operation into four pieces if he did not stop seeing her.

Testimony from another woman, Kim Goshert, who was a close of Roseboro's from 1996-97, was also admitted. Her testimony centered on the fact that she knew Michael Roseboro could not get divorced without losing his children.

The prosecution has alleged that Roseboro killed his wife so he could keep his children, his income and marry his mistress.

Jan Roseboro's Cousin Testifies

Robert Bachman, the eldest cousin of Jan Roseboro, testified Monday morning. He said he was more like a father figure than a cousin after Jan Roseboro's father died. Buchman testified that the day after the murder, Michael Roseboro was not showing any grief and acted casual, as if nothing had happened. Buchman said he found the behavior "peculiar." Buchman also said Roseboro even went on to tell him an "off-color" joke.

Buchman also said Roseboro never talked about finding his wife's killer. Other witnesses testified the same thing last week.

A close friend of the Roseboros, Roslyn Bantzler, testified that when she was at the Roseboro home, the children would be up past midnight many nights -- even the youngest. The prosecution deems that important because Michael Roseboro put his three youngest children to bed at 9:30 p.m. the night of the killing.

Bantzler also described Michael Roseboro as very calm and composed in the days after the killing.

Surveillance Images Show Jan Roseboro Day Of Killing

Photos of Jan Roseboro were also shown to the jury. They are from a Fulton Bank surveillance camera and show her running an errand the day of her killing. The pictures show her wearing the same clothes she was wearing when she was found dead in her swimming pool. The pictures also show that she was not wearing any jewelry.

The defense has argued that a random person killed Jan Roseboro and stole her jewelry -- $40,000 worth. The prosecution, in showing the pictures from the bank, argue that Jan Roseboro was not wearing her jewelry out that day, why would she go home and put it on to go out to the pool to play with her children.
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[Shotzie]

Thanks LLL, for that last article..Darn I wish this had been a LIVE Trial..it has alot of twists and turns..He is totally Guilty in my mind..

But what do I know we will see..

He is a sleaze an Funk is white trash..oops will I get in trouble for that...:innocent0001:

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