Criminal Law
A Pennsylvania Man Is Sentenced to 30 to 60 Years For Murder and Arson
A man has been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison in the strangulation slaying of his girlfriend’s mother whose body was found after a 2019 Pennsylvania fire.
A Dauphin County judge on Monday sentenced 35-year-old Calvin Purdie Jr. to 20 to 40 years for third-degree murder and a consecutive term of 10 to 20 years for aggravated arson. A jury convicted Purdie of the crimes in November after an earlier trial in which jurors were unable to reach agreement on a verdict.
Prosecutors said DNA from the defendant was found under the fingernails of the one hand of 49-year-old Charlotte Chaplin that wasn’t incinerated. Authorities accused him of setting the fire to try to cover up the May 2019 slaying in Hershey.
