In the early morning hours of Saturday, June 11, 2022, the life of 43-year-old Corey Steven Snider, a Caucasian male from Lost Creek, West Virginia, was brought to a violent and tragic end. Snider, known as a big man with a matching heart, was found in the basement of a burned home on Good Hope Pike. Alongside him was another victim, 33-year-old Chasity C. Romeo, also of Lost Creek. The initial discovery was made by firefighters responding to the blaze, but it soon became clear that the fire was not the cause of their deaths.
Investigators with the Harrison County Sheriff's Department determined that both Snider and Romeo had sustained gunshot wounds before the fire was intentionally set, leading them to classify the case as a double homicide.
The investigation, a joint effort by the sheriff's office, the Harrison County Violent Crimes and Drug Task Force, and the West Virginia State Fire Marshal's Office, quickly identified a person of interest.
The investigation led authorities to Allen Schaffer, 33, of Carson City, Michigan. Prosecutors asserted that the motive behind the killings was a drug debt. In March 2025, a Harrison County jury found Schaffer guilty on two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Snider and Romeo. The jury, however, found him not guilty of arson. After a trial that spanned parts of two weeks and seven hours of jury deliberation, Schaffer was scheduled for sentencing on April 29.
