On January 3, 2023, 35-year-old Jessica Romano was fatally shot inside her home at 1290 Woodhaven Drive in Foster Township, Pennsylvania. State police responded to reports of a female gunshot victim around 6:45 p.m.; Romano was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton and pronounced dead at 8:14 p.m.

Investigators identified Romano’s boyfriend, 30-year-old Scott Andrew Oliver, as the primary suspect. After the shooting Oliver went to a neighbor’s house, expressed remorse and led the neighbor back to the residence, where the neighbor found Romano with gunshot wounds to her chest. Oliver showed signs of self-harm, then fled into nearby woods and eluded capture for almost 16 hours before being taken into custody in a vacant house; he was charged with criminal homicide. A Ring doorbell reportedly recorded the argument and shooting.

Romano grew up in Monroe County, graduated from Pocono Mountain High School in 2005 and attended Northampton Community College. Family and friends remembered her love of dance and time spent with friends at a memorial service held at St. Paul’s Church in Scranton.

Did anyone in the area have contact with Jessica in the days before January 3, 2023?