Woman Beaten To Death With Pipe In Center City

Philadelphia PA

20 January, 2022

12:19 PM

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PHILADELPHIA — A woman was beaten to death with a pipe in a Center City building Wednesday, according to Philadelphia Police. Police said Samantha Maag, 31, of Blenheim, New Jersey, was found lying on the floor of the eighth floor of an office building on the 300 block of Chestnut Street at about 2:14 p.m. Wednesday. Officers were called to the building for a report of a robbery in progress and were told when they arrived a man attacked a woman. Police found Maag on the floor, along with Jeffery Stepien, 49, who was holding two pipes. Stepien was taken into custody and identified by witnesses as the person who attacked Maag, police said. Maag was taken to Jefferson Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 3:16 p.m. According to Action News, Maag was hit at least five times in the head from behind. Fox 29 reports Stepien and Maag victim knew each other and had arguments in the past. Stepien has been charged with murder and possession of an instrument of crime.