HARRISBURG, Pa. – Harrisburg City Police make an arrest in a September 2015 homicide. Police discovered the decomposing body of Theodore McCarty just before 10 p.m. on September 8, 2015 in his home on the 1st block of S. 19th Street. Certain irregularities and the advanced decomposition of the body triggered a heightened investigative response. An autopsy revealed that McCarty had been stabbed with an object several times.
Detectives were able to identify a suspect early on in the case but did not have enough evidence to charge him.
Boyer is charged with Criminal Homicide and Instruments of Crime.