MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING WESTMORELAND COUNTY GRANDMOTHER APPEALS CONVICTION

A man recently convicted in the killing of a Westmoreland County grandmother is appealing his conviction.  In December of 2023, 71-year-old Alice Robson was found shot to death inside a crawlspace underneath the porch of her St. Clair Township home.  Robson’s daughter — Melissa Fox-Beacom — and Matthew Bates were found guilty earlier this year on charges of first-degree murder and both have been sentenced to life in prison.  Fox-Beacom filed an appeal of her conviction last month and now Bates has done the same.