One of two men charged with killing a Coaldale man last year admitted to the crime while being led to his preliminary hearing Tuesday.

When asked if he killed Corey M. Samuels, alleged killer Oliver Luis Trizarri, now 21, simply said "yes."When asked why he killed Samuels, Trizarri said, "It wasn't the thing I was supposed to do. It was wrong."Trizarri, 645 N. Sixth St., Reading, and Stanley E. Kralik, now 17, are charged with beating Samuels to death in a wooded area off East Miner Street in Coaldale between 11 p.m. Jan. 20 and midnight Jan. 21, 2014.State police trooper Melissa Kyper, formerly of the Frackville station, charged Trizarri and Kralik with one felony count each of criminal homicide, murder in the first degree, murder in the third degree, robbery, aggravated assault and theft, along with two felony counts of conspiracy.After hearing more than 1 hour and 45 minutes of testimony from police, Samuels' sister and others, Magisterial District Judge Stephen J. Bayer ordered all charges held for Schuylkill County Court.MissingKyper testified that Samuels was reported missing to Coaldale police on Jan. 23, 2014, and local officers learned he was last seen in a wooded area with Trizarri and Kralik, who was 16 years old at the time.A subsequent search turned up nothing, and Kyper said Coaldale police interviewed Trizarri who said the three went for a walk during which he and Kralik got into an argument with Samuels. Samuels eventually walked away from them.Kralik was also interviewed and gave a story similar to that given by Trizarri.Kyper said in April 2014, Coaldale police asked troopers to take over the investigation and on Sept. 6, human remains later identified as those of Samuels were found in a wooded area off East Miner Street in the borough.Jamie Snyder of Coaldale told the court he was in the woods with his children looking for mushrooms when he found the remains and contacted authorities.Along with the bones, Snyder said he saw articles of clothing that matched a description of what Samuels was wearing the night he disappeared.Coaldale police Sgt. Keith Krapf told the court during the initial stages of Samuels being reported missing, Coaldale firefighters and members of Northeast Search and Rescue combed the area but were unable to locate the man.A subsequent search by helicopter also turned up with nothing.The sergeant said rescuers centered their search in an area where both Kralik and Trizarri said their argument with Samuels occurred.Krapf then testified that the area searchers were told the fight occurred was not near where the alleged argument occurred, but about 3 miles away.Both Samuels' sister, Kristin Sawicki, and his girlfriend, Tara Kurtz, told the court the man was last seen in the company of Trizarri and Kralik and the two maintained their story when asked that they left Samuels after an argument.Kurtz said she was with Samuels, Trizarri and Kralik the night he disappeared. She said the three planned to go for walk in the woods, but Kralik said she was not invited, calling it a "guys' night."Kyper testified that after the remains were found, they were collected, sent to Mercyhurst University and examined by a forensic anthropologist.The examination determined the bones showed signs of head trauma, piercing wounds, fractures and teeth were dislodged.After conferring with the anthropologist, Schuylkill County Coroner Dr. David Moylan ruled the death a homicide, Kyper said.The investigation led authorities to Trizarri and Kralik as suspects and both were interviewed in January of this year.Kyper said she and trooper Michael Marinchak spoke with Trizarri at the state police barracks in Reading after picking him up at a homeless shelter.Choke holdTrizarri admitted helping another person, Kralik, kill Samuels. Trizarri said the plan was to lure Samuels into the woods where he would strike him with a shovel and Kralik would hold him down, according to Kyper.However, the trooper said, Trizarri admitted he was not sure if he could strike Samuels and handed the shovel to Kralik, who struck the man.In his statement, Trizarri told investigators he placed Samuels in a choke hold until he was unconscious.Once Samuels was unconscious, Kyper said, Trizarri reported he and Kralik took turns hitting him with the shovel and kicking him in the genitals before moving him to the wooded area and covering both the body and a trail of blood with snow.Kyper also testified that Trizarri said he had no remorse for the killing and that he did not feel sorry for what he did.Cpl. Jeffrey Sampson, head of the criminal investigation unit at the Frackville state police barracks, said he interviewed Kralik in the presence of his father and during the two or more hours, the teen gave several conflicting accounts of what occurred.Sampson said Kralik first said that he, Trizarri and Samuels went into the woods but parted ways after an argument.Kralik then changed his account, saying he had a shovel but handed it to Trizarri and that it was Trizarri and Samuels who became involved in a physical confrontation.Another accountIn yet another account of the events, Sampson said, Kralik admitted he, Trizarri and Samuels became involved in a physical altercation but said he did not strike Samuels.Sampson also said that Kralik told investigators details about the wounds suffered by Samuels without being given any details of the crime.Finally, Sampson said, Kralik called himself a derogatory term and said that he was prepared to give a written statement.In that statement, Kralik said Samuels and Trizarri became involved in an argument, and that he tried to get between them, making Samuels mad.Kralik said he hit Samuels three times in the side of the head with a closed fist but denied hitting the man with the shovel, Sampson said.Distributed by Tribune Content Agency LLC