STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A second person has been charged in the death of a Penn State professor who police say was pushed off a cliff at a quarry and fell 80 feet.
The Centre Daily Times (http://bit.ly/2btlZw2 ) reports that 32-year-old Danelle Geier, of Lemont, was arraigned Saturday on charges of first- and third-degree murder, conspiracy, aggravated assault and evidence-tampering.
Thirty-nine-year-old George Ishler Jr., of Pennsylvania Furnace, had previously been charged in the death of 56-year-old Ronald Bettig, an associate professor of media studies whose remains were found Thursday.
Authorities say the two plotted to kill Bettig because they believed they would gain financially from a will Bettig recently signed.
Court documents don’t list an attorney for Geier; a listed number for her couldn’t be found Sunday. Attorney information for Ishler also wasn’t available.
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Information from: Centre Daily Times, http://www.centredaily.com