A 34-year-old Albany Township, Berks County, man remains in a jail in Champaign County, Ill., after fleeing Pennsylvania following the death of Tara Marie Serino, 19, of Orefield.

Christopher Ryan Tucker, 282 Roth Road, Albany Township, is charged with criminal homicide in the death of Serino.

According to an affidavit of probable cause and criminal complaint obtained from Magisterial District Judge Kim L. Bagenstose, Hamburg, Trooper Alyssa Becker of State Police Troop L, Hamburg, states that at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 1 Fred Serino reported to Upper Macungie Township Police his daughter was missing.

According to the affidavit, Fred Serino told police he spoke to his daughter on the evening of Oct. 29 and she told him she was going out with a friend, Tucker.

Becker states in the affidavit, Tara Serino, a 2015 Parkland High School graduate, left with Tucker around 12:38 a.m. and advised her parents she would call them later to let them know she was OK.

Fred Serino told police he did not receive that call.

According to the affidavit, at approximately 9:30 p.m. Oct. 31 Fred Serino contacted State Police Troop L, Hamburg, and asked troopers to check Tucker’s home for his daughter.

Troopers responded to Tucker’s home but were unable to make contact with anyone at that location.

According to Becker, around 6:45 p.m. on Nov. 1 information was received from the Iroquois County Sheriff’s Department, Watseka, Ill., indicating that at 8:44 p.m. Oct. 31 the Iroquois County Sheriff’s Department responded to a truck stop in Buckley, Ill., in reference to Tucker allegedly attempting to break into a farm combine in which the farmer was inside.

Upon arrival, police found Tucker allegedly acting strangely and not making sense.

He was subsequently transported to the Presence Urbana Medical Center, Urbana, Ill., for evaluation.

Tucker’s red Volkswagen was still parked at the truck stop and no other individuals were noted to have been with him at the time of the incident, Becker states in the affidavit.

Becker states John Tucker said after hearing of his son, Christopher’s hospitalization, he went to his son’s home on Roth Road and found the door closed but unlocked and he noticed a front window was broken.

According to the affidavit, upon him entering the home, he did not find anything unusual or indication of any problem.

He noticed Tara Serino’s purse on the couch and her cellphone on the floor, then found his son’s wallet on the floor as well, Becker states.

Becker says John Tucker then picked up Tara Serino’s belongings and returned them to Fred Serino.

John Tucker told Fred Serino on Nov. 1 he was contacted by the hospital in Illinois saying his son had been picked up at a rest stop by police in Iroquois County, and subsequently taken to the hospital for evaluation.

According to the affidavit, Serino said John Tucker stated to his knowledge Tara Serino was not with Christopher Tucker in Illinois.

Upper Macungie Township Police Department entered Tara Serino’s name into the National Crime Information Center as a missing/endangered adult, Becker states.

According to the affidavit, on Nov. 1, Detective Adam Miller with the Upper Macungie Township Police Department requested Urbana Police Detective Doug Pipkins interview Christopher Tucker as to the whereabouts of Tara Serino.

Becker states in the affidavit, at 5:25 p.m. Nov. 1 Pipkins interviewed Tucker at Presence Urbana Medical Center.

According to the affidavit, Tucker told Pipkins he had asked Tara Serino to marry him.

She declined and allegedly told him she was sleeping with other men.

Serino allegedly then made a comment about how Tucker should just kill her.

He allegedly admitted to strangling Serino, which he did not believe killed her, poking her eyes out, snapping her neck, and hitting her with a hatchet until he thought she was dead.

According to the criminal complaint, Tucker also allegedly used a 25-pound weight plate in the attack.

He then wrapped her in a rug, left her body in the house, and drove to Illinois.

Becker states after becoming aware of Christopher Tucker’s admittance to the hospital and his subsequent alleged confession, Upper Macungie Police contacted State Police, Troop L, Hamburg, and requested troopers respond to his home along Roth Road.

According to the affidavit, Troopers Ryan Zimmerman and Jordan Hoffman arrived at the home and found Serino’s body wrapped in a blanket inside a bedroom.

Troopers backed out of the home, secured the property and obtained a search warrant.

Becker states in the affidavit, upon entry with the signed search warrant Serino’s body and the home were found in the condition identical to Tucker’s alleged admission.

Tucker has also been charged with murder of the first degree, murder of the third degree, aggravated assault and possessing instruments of a crime.