Arrests Made in Connection to Murders of Women in St. Clair and Westmoreland County
The daughter of a woman found dead under her home in St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania, has been arrested, along with two men, in connection with her death. Melissa A. Beacom, along with Robert Patrick Jack and Matthew Bates, is accused of conspiring in the shooting death of Alice I. Robson, allegedly stemming from a custody dispute over Robson's grandson. Beacom faces charges of conspiracy to commit criminal homicide and criminal solicitation, while Jack and Bates face charges of criminal homicide, conspiracy, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with evidence. The body was found concealed in a crawl space beneath the home.