Andre Romulus, a 42-year-old man from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, faces criminal homicide charges after allegedly beating a woman to death in her West Washington Street apartment over the weekend of December 20-21, 2025.[query] Police responded around 2:20 a.m. on Saturday to a welfare check request, finding the victim unconscious in a pool of blood with severe facial trauma from blunt force; she was pronounced dead despite medical efforts.[query]​
Incident Motive
Romulus reportedly texted an acquaintance between 9:30 p.m. Friday and 1:37 a.m. Saturday, claiming the woman was “evil,” “embarrassing him,” leaving him with their child, and that “he won’t see him again,” urging a welfare check.[query] Messages from his apartment referenced a prior attack on her, suggesting escalating violence tied to her decision to leave.[query]​
Arrest Details
Romulus fled the scene; the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force aided Chambersburg Police and Franklin County Sheriff’s Office in arresting him Monday morning in Harrisburg, 55 miles northeast. It’s unclear if a child was present; he faces a preliminary hearing December 30 in Franklin County Court.
