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9-Year-Old Found Strangled In Bristol Church, Tips Sought 62 Years Later 9-Year-Old Found Strangled In Bristol Church, Tips Sought 62 Years Later
9-Year-Old Found Strangled In Bristol Church, Tips Sought 62 Years Later Pennsylvania State Police investigators are seeking tips in a 9-year-old girl's cold case murder.  Carol Ann Dougherty was found dead inside St. Mark’s Roman Catholic Church in Bristol Borough on Oct. 22, 1962. She was strangled and had been sexually assaulted, according to troopers.  Police said Dougherty had stopped at the church while riding her bike to the library. She had stopped there to say a prayer, according to a report in the Bristol Courier-Times the day after her murder.  Then-Bristol Police Chief Vincent Faragalli called her killing "one of the most br…

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by Mac Bullock
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PA Man Who Filmed Sexual Abuse Of Toddler, Tweens Held On $20M Bond: DA PA Man Who Filmed Sexual Abuse Of Toddler, Tweens Held On $20M Bond: DA
PA Man Who Filmed Sexual Abuse Of Toddler, Tweens Held On $20M Bond: DA A Pennsylvania resident accused of sexually abusing multiple children and filming the acts is being held on a $20 million bond, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday, Nov. 28. Brian Nathaniel Harris, of Bristol Borough, faces more than 160 criminal charges — most of them felonies — related to sexual assault and child pornography dissemination, according to prosecutors.  Harris first came under investigation on Oct. 31 when Bucks detectives received an online tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, authorities said.  …

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by Mac Bullock
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Mom, Baby In Stroller Critical After Being Struck On Route 13 Mom, Baby In Stroller Critical After Being Struck On Route 13
Mom, Baby In Stroller Critical After Being Struck On Route 13 A mother and her baby in a stroller were in critical condition after bing struck by a vehicle, which was then rear-ended by another Saturday evening on Route 13 authorities said. The mom and her 16-month-old were struck by a southbound vehicle near 2nd Avenue around 8 p.m., Bristol Borough police said. The striking vehicle was then rear ended by a second car also heading south.  The Bucks County Rescue Squad transported the mom and child to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, and the child was later transferred to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.  Both drivers remained a…

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by Cecilia Levine