Pennsylvania State Police are announcing the arrest of a suspect in the death of a Montoursville woman who had been reported missing in January.

32 year old Michelle Inch’s body was found on March 18 along Schrader Creek in Overton Township.

Her boyfriend, 28 year old Michael Houseweart is now charged with homicide and is also accused of breaking into the home Inch shared with her parents and setting the house on fire.

A passerby reported finding a female body near the creek and Inch was identified through dental records.

The Bradford County Coroner had reported Inch had been shot on the right side of her body, stabbed several times and had blunt force trauma to the head and body.

Houseweart was being held in the Lycoming County Jail in connection with the home invasion and arson accusations. He is now being held in the Bradford County Jail.

 

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