After more than four years since events unfolded, a federal grand jury trial, which commenced on April 22, has rendered its verdict, finding John Matthew Chapman guilty on Wednesday, May 1 in connection with the kidnapping and suffocation murder of his girlfriend, Jaime Feden.
The events that led to the decision began on Thursday, November 14, 2019, when authorities started investigating Feden’s whereabouts following concerns raised by her loved ones. They say that after killing her in September 2019, Chapman pretended to be her on her Facebook messenger account and lived at her residence.
Bethel Park Police (BPP) conducted a welfare check and found identification cards with Chapman’s name and photo, the victim’s cellphone, zip ties, and a roll of duct tape, they said. A search by authorities uncovered Feden’s body in the desert of Lincoln County on Saturday, October 5, 2019.
During subsequent interviews, Chapman told detectives he had planned Feden’s murder, even assembling a “kill kit” before embarking on their journey westward. Chapman confessed to orchestrating Feden’s abduction from Bethel Park to Las Vegas under the guise of a vacation for a photo shoot and a prospective home purchase.
Chapman faces life in prison at a sentencing hearing scheduled for Friday, August 2.
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