Remains identified, death ruled homicide
Published: September 30, 2009
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Keisha Roman
The death of a Binghamton woman whose remains were found in Great Bend last week was ruled a homicide by Susquehanna County Coroner Anthony Conarton.
The skeletal remains of Keisha Roman, 29, were found near the boat launch along Harmony Rd. at about 11 a.m. on Sept. 23. A fisherman found the skeleton.
Roman had been reported missing to Binghamton police on April 29 but no foul play was suspected at the time.
The scene was processed by forensic anthropologist Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat, of Mercyhurst Archeological Institute, who is analyzing the remains in an effort to determine the cause of death.
Dirkmaat is one of only two board-certified forensic anthropologists in Pennsylvania.
Susquehanna County Coroner Anthony Conarton said he expects a relatively quick report from Dirkmaat.
Published reports say Roman had been arrested on prostitution charges in August 2007 and second degree domestic assault in June 2007.
She also served four years of an eight year sentence for stabbing a woman to death in 1996 during an altercation at a George Washington Bridge toll plaza in New York County.
Pennsylvania State Police and Binghamton Police, with assistance from the Broome County Sheriffs Office, Susquehanna County District Attorney’s Office and the New York City Police Department, are investigating.
Anyone with information on Roman’s death is asked to call PSP, Gibson at 465-3154.
