Crime & Safety
Local Man Injected Girlfriend With Cocaine, Watched Her Die In Montco Park
The man allegedly "watched his girlfriend die" inside her car at a local park.
UPPER PROVIDENCE, PA -- First degree murder charges have been filed against a Phoenixville man after his girlfriend was found dead inside a car at Lock 60 in December, the Montgomery County District Attorney’s office announced Friday.
Anthony Michael Noble, 27, of Phoenixville, was with Joette L. Mullin on December 14 at the park.
DA Kevin Steele alleges that Noble injected Mullen with multiple needles filled with cocaine, and that he then sat there and watched her die.
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Toxicology reports confirmed Mullin died from a lethal overdose of cocaine, authorities said.
A passerby who saw Mullin in the car called 911, and Upper Providence Township Police discovered the body.
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Noble was arrested and then arraigned on Friday, before being sent to Montgomery County Correctional Facility.
His preliminary hearing is set for January 29.
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