Michael Roseboro was in lockup. A report claimed he was on “suicide watch,” but that was an overstatement, taken out of context. Like anyone else convicted of murder, Roseboro was in the facility’s medical housing unit undergoing observation and evaluation to see how he was handling the jury’s verdict. Lancaster County Prison warden Vincent Guarini confirmed to the local press that Roseboro was “moved to the unit” on Friday, July 31, but he called the move what it was: “a precaution.”
Guarini told one reporter, “There’s been no behavioral change. When someone gets a life or murder conviction, we’ll look at the prisoner and make sure he’s okay.”
When he got out of the psych unit and was placed into the general population, trolling around Lancaster County Prison one afternoon, waiting for his sentencing date, Roseboro was approached by an inmate.
“Why you in here?” the guy asked.
“I killed my wife,” Roseboro said in jest, as if the guy didn’t know who he was. Heck, Roseboro’s face had been plastered all over the front pages of the local papers, guilty written across it. He was a quasi celebrity.
Acting shocked by the statement, the guy repeated, “You killed your wife, man?” He said it more as a question. He was likely referring to Roseboro’s unwavering determination all throughout the trial that he was innocent. “What do you think?” Roseboro asked. The guy thought about it. “I think you did it.” Roseboro shook his head. Nodded yes. And, according to multiple sources, Michael Roseboro then said, “Yeah, I did it,” finally admitting to murdering his wife.