A North Carolina newspaper’s website (Kinston.com) named a 24-year old Allentown man in relation to the recent homicide case of a Tamaqua woman. The burning body of Angela Serfass-Steigerwalt, 35, of Tamaqua, was found by firefighters along Flagstaff Road in Jim Thorpe Saturday morning while responding to a reported brush fire.
According to Kinston.com, Anthony Darrell Heath, 24, of Allentown, was pulled over Sunday morning in Kinston, North Carolina by Kinston Police after the Kinston Department of Public Safety was contacted by On-Star (a satellite vehicle navigation and security service) about a stolen silver 2010 Buick Lacrosse from Pennsylvania that was entering Kinston on near the 1400 block of U.S. 258 North at 11:06 AM. Following a 5-minute standoff, Heath was taken into custody without incident.
Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office and N.C. Highway Patrol assisted in taking Heath into custody at Lenoir County Jail; where he remains with no bond.
The vehicle was seized and investigators in both states are working in the investigation.
Kinston.com stated that Heath is currently being charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of marijuana and resist, obstruct and delay.
Steigerwalt was last seen by family members Friday night when she left for work at Kraft Foods in Fogelsville.
Heath appears to have two Facebook profiles. Steigerwalt’s Facebook profile shows Heath as a friend of both his profiles, although it is unknown if the Facebook “friendship” took place before or after Steigerwalt’s murder.
Flagstaff Road in Jim Thorpe is just over 500 miles (8 hours) away from where Heath was pulled over in North Carolina. Here is a link to the Kinston newspaper’s story:
http://www.kinston.com/news/local/recovered-stolen-vehicle-owned-by-murder-victim-1.271643?tc=cr