According to the Pennsylvania State Police at Schuylkill Haven, on Sunday, January 24th, 2021, around 3:15pm, Schuylkill EMS responded to North Tulpehocken Street in Pine Grove for a report of a fall victim inside a home.
When EMT's arrived, they found a 73 year old female victim deceased on the second floor of the home and requested police assistance.
An investigation by troopers led them to believe that Kalvin Clark, 32, of Pine Grove and the woman were involved in a physical altercation before her death. Police believe the incident occurred sometime between Saturday, January 23rd, 2021 at 1:00pm and Sunday, January 24th, 2021 at 3:00pm.
Clark was taken into custody that evening and charged with aggravated assault and simple assault and locked up in Schuylkill County Prison on on $250,000 straight cash bail.
On Wednesday, Schuylkill County District Attorney Mike O'Pake signed off on additional charges against Clark for Murder in the 1st degree, murder in the 3rd degree, strangulation, and recklessly endangering another person.
District Attorney O'Pake said Wednesday that a preliminary autopsy report indicated that the cause of death was manual strangulation.
Clark will officially be arraigned on the additional charges on Friday.