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A Pennsylvania man has been charged with murder after a woman was beaten to death inside a Philadelphia office building.
On Wednesday, around 2:15 p.m., Jeffrey Stepien allegedly attacked Samantha Maag and beat her to death while she was sitting at a reception desk on the eighth floor of a building in the historic Old City neighborhood, according toThe Philadelphia Inquirer, which cited local police.
The attack was reportedly captured on surveillance video, according to police. Responding officers at the scene saw Stepien leaving an elevator covered in blood and stopped him. When they searched his bag, they found two pipes covered in blood, police added, per theInquirer.
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A representative for the Defender Association of Philadelphia, which is representing Stepien, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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Before her death, Maag worked for Regus, a company that rents offices and coworking spaces. In a statement given to theInquirer, a company spokesperson described the woman as “one of our much loved colleagues.”
Mark Dixon, CEO of Regus' parent company, IWG, said in his own statement that the firm’s “sincerest and heartfelt condolences go out to the family, friends and loved ones of our dear colleague, who tragically lost her life,” per the outlet.
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Frank Vanore, the chief inspector of the Philadelphia Police’s Detective Bureau, told theInquirerthat Stepien had been renting space within the building where the incident occurred. Vanore added that Stepien may have been living there.
Detectives are now looking into whether Stepien committed the alleged attack after he was asked to move from the building.
“We’re assuming that there was some kind of notification given to him,” Vanore said.
source: people.com
