In the quiet, rural landscape of Lower Chanceford Township, Pennsylvania, the body of 25-year-old Aaron Wollman was discovered on Bare Road in the early morning hours of April 16, 2018. An autopsy would later reveal that the Denver, Lancaster County resident had been shot seven times, a violent end to a young life. Wollman, a male, became the center of a homicide investigation that would quickly uncover a story of misplaced vengeance and betrayal.
Investigators found a cellphone on
Wollman's body, which provided the first crucial leads in the case. Text messages from the hours leading up to his death pointed to a planned drug transaction with a contact listed as 'Lleland.' This contact was soon identified as 32-year-old Lleland Grant Wade, a known associate of Wollman's. The investigation intensified as police learned that Wade and Wollman had been seen together at a gun shop in Mechanicsburg shortly before the murder, where Wollman had been denied the purchase of a firearm.
Within a day of the discovery of Wollman's body, Lleland Wade was arrested at a hotel in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. During questioning, Wade's story evolved. He initially claimed to have killed Wollman, whom he described as a heroin addict, after luring him to York County with the promise of a drug deal. However, in a second interview, Wade implicated another man, 56-year-old Kevin Michael Galvin, who was already incarcerated at Lancaster County Prison on unrelated charges.
Wade revealed that he and Galvin had conspired to kill Wollman because they believed he had sexually assaulted several women they knew. The plan was put into motion on April 15th, when they picked up Wollman in Columbia. They then drove to Wrightsville, where Wade stole a handgun from a friend's home. With the weapon secured, the three men drove to the secluded intersection of Bare and Furnace Roads. There, Galvin allegedly shot Wollman twice before standing over him and emptying the gun. Following the murder, the pair disposed of their clothes and the weapon.
Lleland Grant Wade ultimately pleaded guilty to third-degree murder for his role in the death of Aaron Wollman. He was sentenced to a term of 20 to 40 years in prison. In addition to the murder charge, he also received consecutive sentences for theft by unlawful taking, illegal possession of a firearm, and carrying a firearm without a license. While Kevin Michael Galvin was arrested and charged with criminal homicide and criminal conspiracy to commit homicide, information regarding the outcome of his trial and any subsequent conviction or sentencing is not available in the provided online sources.
