1-12-2015 Pennsylvania:The yearlong mystery of Corey Samuels' death in Coaldale was solved Sunday when a man told state police that he and a teenage boy killed Samuels as revenge for an alleged rape, police said.
Oliver L. Trizarri, 21, of Reading and Stanley E. Kralik, 17, of Coaldale were arraigned Monday on charges of homicide, aggravated assault, robbery and theft in the death of Samuels, 24, of Coaldale.
"I can't be friends with a rapist," Trizarri said the night of Jan. 20-21, 2014, after Kralik hit Samuels with a shovel and Samuels pleaded for mercy in the woods near an old railroad bed, according to the police arrest affidavit.
Trizarri told police that, weeks before the killing, Kralik informed him that a female friend of Kralik's said Samuels had sexually assaulted her, according to the affidavit. Kralik wanted Samuels punished, police said.
"Trizarri stated that [Kralik] told him, 'I want to kill (Samuels),'" and Trizarri agreed to help Kralik carry out the slaying, the affidavit says.
Trizarri told police that he and Kralik separated Samuels from his girlfriend the night of Jan. 20 by telling her they were going on a "boys night out" in the woods, the affidavit says.
Samuels was not seen alive again, police said.
He was reported missing to Coaldale police on Jan. 23, but his body wasn't found for nearly eight months. On Sept. 16, two hikers found his remains in the woods off East Miner Street, Coaldale.
