Man guilty of covering up 14-year-old girl’s 1984 slaying
MORRISVILLE (AP) – An eastern Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to hiding information about a 14-year-old girl’s murder for 31 years.
Fifty-three-year-old Robert Sanders pleaded guilty Tuesday in Bucks County to two counts of hindering the apprehension of 56-year-old George Shaw Jr.
Shaw was living in Geneva, Florida when he was charged in October 2015 with the 1984 rape and killing of Barbara Rowan whose body was found in the woods in the Philadelphia suburbs. Rowan was a neighbor who babysat Shaw’s daughter when he still lived in Bucks County, where she was drugged, raped then killed.
Authorities allege that Shaw was high on methamphetamine at the time. He’s awaiting trial and has pleaded not guilty.
Sanders acknowledged helping Shaw dump Rowan’s body and keeping that secret from police. He faces up to 14 years in prison.