Butler County crime: Wife’s arrest in shooting death of husband started with a welfare check

Butler County deputies went to Pam Harville’s Reily Twp. residence about 8:40 p.m. Tuesday for a welfare check. When they looked inside, they saw “a lot of blood” and a person down and unresponsive, according to Butler County Sheriff’s Office records and officials.

Harville was charged with murder and booked into the county jail five hours later. According to court records, she is accused of shooting and killing her husband David at the Millville-Oxford Road residence. He was shot several times in the body and head, according to the court complaint.

Pam Harville was found inside the residence and taken into custody without incident.

Capt Rick Bucheit said the welfare check was requested by someone who had not heard from either of the Harvilles “for a while.”

Deputies made contact with Pam Harville, and she was arrested without incident, Bucheit said.

The 65-year-old was arraigned by video Wednesday morning, and bond was set at $100,000 cash or surety. She was scheduled to be arraigned in person Thursday afternoon in Area I Court.

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Lauren Pack

Lauren Pack, a native of the Miami Valley, has been on staff at the Journal-News since 1994 reporting on courts and crime.