Eric Fay was her neighbor. I saw [missing] signs all over the telephone poles. She was nice and she was well-liked among her peers. She was a good worker at Weis, said Fay.
State police arrested Harold Haulman, 42, and charged him with criminal homicide, kidnapping and abuse of corpse for killing Shultz.
During a news conference, the Luzerne County District Attorney said investigators tracked down Haulman through Shultz’s cell phone records and interviews with her friends.
Investigators discovered Haulman and Shultz met through a dating website.
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Source/Pennsylvania State Police Erica Schultz, 26, of Bloomsburg, was found dead in a wooded area of Butler Township, Pennsylvania on Sunday. Schultz had been missing since Dec. 4. Harold D. Haulman III, 42, has been charged with homicide and related crimes.
The body of a 26-year-old Bloomsburg woman who went missing in early December was found Sunday in Luzerne County, resulting in criminal charges against a man state police described as a transient.
Erica Schultz was last seen Dec. 4 at her home in Columbia County. Investigators said she disappeared under suspicious circumstances, prompting an extensive search.
Schultz was autistic and had the mental capacity of a 13- or 14-year-old, police said at the time of her disappearance. She also was diabetic and had taken her medication on the day she disappeared, family members told authorities.
Jaleel A. Martin, 23, was charged with third-degree robbery, a class D felony, Moore said.
On Nov. 16, at about 7:13 p.m., Hudson Police received a report from the Quick-Mart store, 67 Green St., that the store had been robbed.
The store clerk told police a man entered the store and took $375 from the cash register and three packs of $1 lottery cards, Moore said.
The man threatened the clerk during the theft and fled the scene before police arrived, Moore said. The clerk was not injured.
Hudson police detectives investigated and arrested Martin on Dec. 14. Martin was arraigned by City Judge John Connor in Hudson City Court and was released pending a court appearance at a later date, Moore said.