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Jonathan Gatto charged with murdering pediatrician wife and setting body on fire in Harrisburg home

Titles and summaries are AI-extracted from news reporting; every source is linked below. Event id e863aa03-0acd-4d95-a88b-155d6e23b687.

Where
Harrisburgresolved to locality40.266, -76.886
When
Occurrence date not stated by reportingFirst reported 2026-10-15 · last update 2026-10-16
Sourcing
17 reports17 reports across 15 outlets · independence not established
How far this got
localizednamed facility unresolvedOptical coverageSub-metre commercial imagery was recommended; Sentinel-2 is the closest we carry at 10 m, so small objects will not resolve.

Summary

Jonathan Gatto has been charged with first-degree murder, arson, abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence, and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the death of his wife, Dr. Julia Pederson, a pediatrician at UPMC, in their Harrisburg, Pennsylvania home on October 10, 2026. Authorities allege Gatto strangled Pederson and set her body on fire while their 7-year-old daughter slept in the house. An autopsy determined Pederson died from multiple traumatic injuries before the fire was set. Gatto reported waking to smoke alarms, evacuating his daughter, calling 911, and attempting to re-enter the house where he burned his hand. He is being held at Dauphin County Prison without bail.

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What remains unresolved

  • named facility unresolved

Timeline

28 recorded change(s). The ledger starts when this event was first folded: the initial observation is not recorded as a change, so an empty timeline means nothing has moved since, not that nothing is known.

  • 2026-10-16member countour measurement16 → 17reports joined

9 more change(s) — the values are part of the event detail on paid plans. 18 change(s) before the history shown here.

Sources

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17 reports in all; the full list with the facts taken from each is part of the event detail on Pro.

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