Overview
- Steven Gaddis, 28, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit third-degree murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping, and witness intimidation, and a judge sentenced him to 43 to 100 years in prison.
- Investigators say Gaddis and two cousins of 25-year-old Matthew Whisman beat him at a home on Lancaster Pike on April 3, 2024, forced him into a vehicle, and injected him with a lethal dose of fentanyl.
- Authorities allege Gaddis and one cousin threw Whisman’s body off a bridge, and a camp counselor found his remains in August 2024 near a hiking trail in Cecil County, Maryland.
- Officials say Whisman was attacked because he had cooperated with police investigating a separate shooting in Maryland in early 2024 in which Gaddis was a suspect.
- Cases against co-defendants Alexander Whisman, 19, and Jeremy Absher, 26, remain pending according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.