EAST STROUDSBURG — Authorities say a man fleeing a jail sentence in Virginia and arrested in New York has been charged in the slaying of a woman whose body was dumped near a stream in eastern Pennsylvania’s Pocono mountains.
Authorities say 43-year-old Gerald Neal was apprehended a week ago in a police chase near Flushing, N.Y.
This man- Gerald Neal- is facing homicide charges after a woman’s body was found on a road in Monroe County this past Saturday. Police say that victim was his girlfriend. Details on @FOX56WOLF First at Ten. pic.twitter.com/n0QVeKRBnY
— Katie Byrne (@thekatiebyrne) June 6, 2019
Detectives in Monroe County say he was the boyfriend of 41-year-old Jeanette Sancho, who was found shot to death June 1 near a stream in Middle Smithfield Township.
Authorities said in court documents that the victim’s mother told them that Neal had been resisting her daughter’s efforts to persuade him to turn himself in May 29 in Virginia to begin serving a drug sentence.
BREAKING: The primary suspect in the murder of Jeanette Sylvia Sancho, 41, of Bushkill, is in custody and pending extradition to Monroe County https://t.co/NLbFOA08u9
— Pocono Record (@PoconoRecord) June 6, 2019
Neal was awaiting extradition; court documents don’t list a defense attorney.
