GARDNERS, Pa (WHTM) – State police say the suspect in the murder of an 87-year-old Adams County woman admitted to raping, robbing and killing Virginia Barbour before trying to set her home on fire.

Kristopher Gartrell is currently being held in Adams County Prison on homicide, rape, robbery, and kidnapping charges.

According to court documents, Barbour’s cleaning lady called police on November 21 after she arrived at the home and found it in disarray and apparently ransacked. The cleaning lady also said she couldn’t find Barbour in the home.

When police arrived they found Barbour’s body wrapped in a sheet under a bed. They also said several rooms in the home were rummaged through and a gun cabinet was broken into.

Police also found cans of gasoline and accelerant patterns in two areas of the home.

Barbour’s silver 2012 Chevrolet Impala, $1,200 in coins and several firearms were among the items stolen.

During the investigation, Gartrell’s girlfriend came forward to police and identified him as the suspect. Police said she told them she saw Gartrell in Barbour’s vehicle and also saw him with the coins and weapons. According to court paperwork, she told police Gartrell threatened her children and parents if she didn’t help him.

Gartrell’s girlfriend said she took him to the Presidential Inn in Gettysburg Township. Troopers were dispatched to the hotel where they arrested Gartrell outside.

Police said Gartrell admitted to entering Barbour’s unlocked home and forced her to show him where the valuables were kept. Gartrell also reportedly confessed to restraining Barbour, raping her twice and then strangling her to death before rolling her body up in bedding and placing her under her bed.

It is not clear if Gartrell knew Barbour before the murder.

Gartrell has a preliminary hearing scheduled for December 5.