{"id":332362,"date":"2026-05-26T02:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T02:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/332362\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T02:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T02:32:14","slug":"california-man-25-charged-with-homicide-after-body-found-under-blanket-in-dauphin-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/332362\/","title":{"rendered":"California man, 25, charged with homicide after body found under blanket in Dauphin County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 A California man is facing charges after a body was discovered under a blanket on the side of the road in Londonderry Township.<\/p>\n<p>Ilia Romanchenko, 25, of Roseville, California, is charged with criminal homicide and abuse of corpse in connection to the death, Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo confirmed to CBS 21 Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The body was discovered around 10 a.m. Saturday off the southbound shoulder of State Route 441, or River Road, according to Pennsylvania State Police.<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS COVERAGE | <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/pennsylvania-state-police-investigating-a-homicide-in-londonderry-township\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pennsylvania State Police investigating homicide in Londonderry Township<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troopers had not yet identified the deceased individual and asked the public to come forward with any information.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was described as a white male with dark brown hair, facial hair and brown eyes, wearing black shorts and a black Oakland Raiders shirt. Troopers said he is approximately 5\u2019 10\u201d, weighs around 210 pounds and is believed to be in his 30s or 40s.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with any information is asked to contact Pennsylvania State Police in Harrisburg at (717) 671-7500.<\/p>\n<p>Romanchenko is also charged with possessing an instrument of crime with intent and tampering with evidence. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Online court records indicate he was arrested Sunday, though it\u2019s unclear where he\u2019s being held.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 A California man is facing charges after a body was discovered under a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-332362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}