A manhunt is underway for a 48-year-old dad police believe killed his wife in Manheim on Monday.
Matthew Scott Harrison is wanted for the strangulation death of his wife Jami A. Harrison, Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Announced on Wednesday, Feb. 7.
Officers had been called to a report of a woman who had “suffered from a cardiac arrest event” in the couple’s home in the 2200 block of Mount Hope Road in Penn Township, Manheim on February 5, at 4:12 p.m.
They arrived to find 49-year-old Jami A. Harrison in a “suspicious” scene so an investigation was launched.
At 4:44 p.m. the coroner was called. Jami was found in a bedroom and declared dead at 5:50 p.m., Lancaster County Chief Deputy Coroner Eric Bieber detailed in a release.
The coroner noted the cause was “asphyxia due to strangulation and suffocation.”
“Autopsy results received today confirmed that the manner of death was homicide,” the NLCRPD stated in a release. “Associated law enforcement partners are actively searching for the victim’s husband, Matthew S. Harrison.”