{"id":296889,"date":"2026-09-30T14:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/296889\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:22:09","slug":"man-charged-with-murder-of-longtime-partner-after-maria-pagan-found-beaten-to-death-inside-north-philadelphia-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/296889\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with murder of longtime partner after Maria Pagan found beaten to death inside North Philadelphia home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Philadelphia man is now charged with the murder of his longtime partner after Maria Pagan was found allegedly beaten to death.<\/p>\n<p>WPVI<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790778129_994_16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, September 30, 2026 2:17PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; A Philadelphia man is now charged with the murder of his longtime partner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Melvin Rivera, 46, was arrested over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Investigators say Maria Pagan, 48,  was <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/woman-found-dead-inside-philadelphia-home-apparent-injuries-face-head-police-say\/19868538\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">found dead from blunt force trauma<\/a> last Thursday inside her home along the 1200 block of West Erie Avenue in North Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Pagan had a disability and was lying in her hospital bed, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police did not release details about a motive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Rivera was denied bail and remains at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, pending a prelim hearing that is scheduled for October 15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The killing comes amid a campaign focused on ending domestic violence in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">&#8220;Women Against Abuse&#8221; plans to have a rally and resource fair in the City Hall Courtyard Wednesday afternoon. It&#8217;s part of the 19th annual iPledge Campaign.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Philadelphia man is now charged with the murder of his longtime partner after Maria Pagan was found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[122710,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-296889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-122710","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}