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Allentown Mom Was Shot Through Apartment Door: Police Allentown Mom Was Shot Through Apartment Door: Police
Allentown Mom Was Shot Through Apartment Door: Police Police in Allentown have charged a 29-year-old man with Giselle Trabal's fatal shooting last Friday, Sept. 29.  Obadiah Whack is accused of shooting the 35-year-old mom of three through the door to her first-floor apartment at 628 North Law Street, APD said.  A bullet hole was found in her front door and a 9-millimeter cartridge casing was found on the hallway floor, according to authorities.  Trabal was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest with a gunshot wound to the chest around 2 a.m. and died there hours later, the Coroner's Office has said.  Investiga…

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by Mac Bullock
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Mom, 35, Killed In Allentown Shooting Was 'Happy Spirit' Mom, 35, Killed In Allentown Shooting Was 'Happy Spirit'
Mom, 35, Killed In Allentown Shooting Was 'Happy Spirit' Police have identified the victim of a shooting last week in Allentown as a 35-year-old mother of three. Giselle Karen Trabal was shot around 2 a.m. on the 600 block of North Law Street, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said. She was taken to  Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest, where she was pronounced dead at 4:49 a.m. The cause of death was found to be a gunshot wound to body. Buglio ruled Trabal's death a homicide. A GoFundMe page launched for Trabal's funeral had raised more than $760 as of Monday, Oct. 2. "On Friday, September 29th, we received the call that no mother, b…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Woman Shot Dead In Allentown: Coroner Woman Shot Dead In Allentown: Coroner
Woman Shot Dead In Allentown: Coroner A 35-year-old woman was shot and killed in Allentown early Friday morning, Sept. 29.  The unnamed victim was shot around 2 a.m. on the 600 block of North Law Street, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said. Her death was ruled a homicide.  An autopsy is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 2.  Allentown police and Lehigh County detectives are investigating in addition to the Coroner's Office.  Officials said they have identified the victim but are withholding her name so family members can grieve privately. 

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by Mac Bullock