A double homicide occurred in a New Castle, Pennsylvania neighborhood on July 13, 2024. Rebecca Elaine Frank, 66, and her long-time partner Albert C. Rotz, 72, were shot inside their Arlington Avenue home on a Saturday afternoon while neighbors were at a nearby poolside gathering.

Family members at the adjacent gathering reported hearing an argument, a door slam and a vehicle leave at high speed. A wounded Rebecca Frank emerged from the house and said she had been shot by Corbin Partin; Albert Rotz was found dead on the living room floor. Frank was taken to a local hospital and later died of her injuries.

Police identified 34-year-old Corbin Blake Partin as a suspect based on witness statements and detained him at his parents’ Beckford Street residence the same day. Investigators recovered a percussion cap at the scene; searches turned up boxes for cap and ball style firearms and one missing weapon. Partin was charged with two counts of criminal homicide and held in the county jail without bond.

If anyone in New Castle remembers seeing a vehicle leave Arlington Avenue that afternoon or has information about cap and ball firearms in the area, please come forward.