PITTSBURGH -- A Pennsbury Village man missing since July 2 was found shot to death and buried in a shallow grave behind a house in Ohio Township.
Joseph Larkin (pictured, left) was arrested early Tuesday morning after Allegheny County and local police uncovered the body of his roommate,
Chad Mulvin. Police say Larkin led them to the back yard of his mother's home on
Gary Drive, where he had allegedly mixed some quick-setting concrete and buried Mulvin under a thin layer of the substance.
According to police, Larkin, 31, and Mulvin, 29, had been drinking together at Jabby Joe's in Robinson Township, where one of Mulvin's co-workers was having a party. The men apparently had a disagreement at the bar that escalated when they got back to their apartment.
Mulvin fought with Larkin after coming home, the suspect told police. Mulvin grabbed Larkin's rifle while they were wrestling and was shot in the chest when the gun went off, according to what police say Larkin told them.
An informant told detectives that Mulvin was angry because Larkin left him at the party and stuck him with the bill. When questioned about the anonymous tip, Larkin said he had ditched Mulvin because he wanted to go home early, police said.
Larkin is being held without bond in the county jail on a charge of homicide. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 26.
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Sheldon Ingram Reports From County Police HQ
