Overview
- Jonathan Gerlach waived a preliminary hearing Friday in Delaware County, and prosecutors added burglary charges tied to cemeteries in Lancaster and Luzerne counties.
- Prosecutors also dropped four Mount Moriah burglary counts, a step they said depends on resolving the case without a trial.
- Gerlach remains jailed unable to post $1 million bail, and a formal arraignment is scheduled for June 3.
- Police arrested him in January at Mount Moriah carrying a burlap bag with children’s remains and skulls, then found more than 100 sets of remains at his Ephrata home and storage unit.
- The Lancaster County coroner is keeping the recovered bones without attempting identifications, leaving families doubtful the remains will return.