UNDATED – State police say a man has been arrested in the murder of a missing woman from Snyder County. Troopers Friday said 42-year-old Harold Haulman III, who has no address, was charged with killing 25-year-old Tianna Phillips of McClure. He’s already facing charges involving the death of a Bloomsburg woman in Luzerne County.
Haulman s charged with one count of criminal homicide, kidnapping and abuse of a corpse and he is in the Luzerne County Prison without bail. Phillips was reported missing in 2018 and (CORRECTED) WBRE reports, “According to court documents, police interviewed Haulman’s then-wife, Anne Frances Haulman. She told them Haulman, III confessed to killing Phillips in a wooded area off Hobbie Road in Butler Township, Luzerne County. She also told investigators that in September 2018, Haulman, III took her to the area to retrieve evidence. She said Haulman, III pulled off the road and went into the wooded area, coming back with a black garbage bag that appeared to have contents inside. She told police, Haulman, III told her he had taken Phillips’ skull, clothing and other body parts from the scene. She says they then drove to the AMC theater in Scott Township, Columbia County where the bag was thrown in a dumpster behind the building.”
Troopers say they conducted an exhaustive investigation involving state and local police, district attornies from several counties, and others.
