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COLD CASE: Troopers Seek Lehigh Valley Woman Who Disappeared Without A Trace COLD CASE: Troopers Seek Lehigh Valley Woman Who Disappeared Without A Trace
Tips Sought In Frances Mary Kiefer's 1994 Disappearance More than 30 years after she vanished from her Fountain Hill home, state police continue the search for Frances Mary Kiefer.  Kiefer was 44 years old when she was last seen on March 22, 1994, troopers said. She was in bed when her husband woke up and went to take a shower, but was nowhere to be found when he returned, according to the Charley Project.  The family car was missing, as was the medicine she took daily for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue.  The vehicle was later found abandoned in Bethlehem's Saucon Park, some four miles from her South Hoffert Street ho…

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by Mac Bullock
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Philadelphia Detective Assaulted Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder During Interview: Police Philadelphia Detective Assaulted Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder During Interview: Police
Philadelphia Detective Assaulted Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder During Interview: Police A Philadelphia homicide detective has been arrested on accusations he assaulted a woman wrongfully convicted of murder during an interview in 2010, authorities said. Detective James Pitts assaulted Obina Onyiah — who was exonerated after 11 years — during questioning at the Race Street police headquarters sometime around Nov. 8, 2010, then lying about it, according to Philadelphia police and the DA's office. Onyiah was convicted in the 2010 shooting death of William Glatz, a local jewelry store owner, 6abc reports. He spent 11 years in prison but was exonerated when evidence revealed …

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by Nicole Acosta