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One of the golfers was 22-year-old Andy Horst, who squinted into the sun from under his white ball cap while considering whether the arrest of Michael Roseboro — charged less than 24 hours earlier with killing his wife — had damaged the rural community's reputation for safety and quiet.
"I'm still considering living in this area (permanently)," said Horst, who lives just a few miles from the backyard pool where Jan Roseboro was brutally slain July 22. "This hasn't deterred me from considering living here. It's the only place I've known."
If this community of old houses, new residential developments, a railroad crossing and a modest town park has been rocked by the killing of Jan Roseboro and her husband's arrest, it wasn't evident Sunday afternoon. People ate and drank on the deck of a local bar, laundry hung on wash lines and American flags fluttered in the northwesterly breeze at a war memorial.
The Reinholds neighborhood where the Roseboros' house sits remained still. Curtains and blinds were drawn across neighbors' windows, and a person was more likely to hear cicadas buzzing in the trees and motorcycles roaring past on Route 897 than neighbors chatting or the sizzle of outdoor barbecues.
"Life went on (after the murder), but to be honest, people just keep to themselves here anyway," said 52-year-old Tera McFarland of Reinholds while walking her longhaired retriever.
Many people in Reinholds suspected that Jan Roseboro's killer wasn't a serial murderer or her death the result of a random homicide. With news reports of no forced entry evident at the Roseboros' house and scratch marks on Michael Roseboro's face and a cut on his left hand, some local residents said they suspected the killing was the result of something between the couple.
"We kind of already expected who did it, which is sad, really sad," 21-year-old Anjuli Bollinger of Reinholds said.
McFarland agreed and said if Michael Roseboro is guilty, then the slaying doesn't scratch the peaceful reputation of Reinholds."I've never been scared around here," she said. "I've never been afraid to walk around here ... . The fact it wasn't a stranger breaking into a house, that makes a difference" in the community's ability to move on.
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