Prosecutors: Man Baked Cookies For 97-Year-Old Bedridden Woman, Adult Son Before Killing Them
PALMER, Pa. (CBS/AP) — Authorities allege that a man baked cookies and took them to the home of a 97-year-old bedridden woman before killing her and her adult son and setting fire to their Northampton County, Pennsylvania home earlier this year. Thirty-seven-year-old Drew Rose was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on charges of homicide, arson and burglary in the Jan. 3 slayings of Virginia Houck and 61-year-old Roger Houck.
Prosecutors allege that Rose needed rent money and hatched a robbery scheme. A detective testified that his ex-girlfriend told a grand jury that he brought cookies to the Palmer Township home, saying he was a family friend, before killing the victims.
During cross-examination, the detective said he didn't interview the ex-girlfriend, and an officer said he couldn't confirm Rose was in a car spotted in the area.
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