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Cold CASE: NJ Pastor Nabbed For Homicide Of 8-Year-Old Gretchen Harrington
Nearly 50 years after 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington was found dead in a Pennsylvania forest, police say they've arrested the man who killed her.
David Zandstra, now 83 years old, originally a pastor from New Jersey but most recently of Marietta, Georgia, is charged with criminal homicide, kidnapping a minor, and related counts, said District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer's Office in a release on Monday, July 24.
“The murder of Gretchen Harrington has haunted members of law enforcement since that terrible day in August 1975," the DA said.
"The families of victims often say that their live…
PA's 'Tim Allen' Who Killed Woman, Shot 3 People Arrested: Police
Tim Allen has been arrested for homicide, police announced on Monday.
The 20-year-old Timothy "Tim" Allen of Lancaster— who shares the same name as the Home Improvement and The Santa Clause star— turned himself over to the Lancaster City police at the station at 1:40 p.m. on June 26, 2023.
Amdrella Cartel, 27, of Lancaster, was among the three people shot in the 600 block of North Plum Street just before 3 a.m. on June 17, 2023— she died at the scene, police said.
Lancaster, PA June 17, 2023--Lancaster City Bureau Police responded to a shooting on the 600 block of North Plum Street..…
PA Daughter Helps Husband Kill Mom: Affidavit
A daughter confessed over dinner with a friend that she helped her husband brutally torture and kill her mother, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.
Originally Daily Voice was told and reported that Lourdes Ramos Baez, 67, was found dead by her daughter, Johana Ramos, inside under a pile of clothes in her bedroom in the first block of South Main Street in Dover Borough around 2:19 p.m., Tuesday, June 6, 2023, according to the York County Coroner's office.
It is now known that Ramos didn't just find her mother, but was possibly one of her two killers.&…
2 Suspects Arrested, 1 Wanted For Triple Homicide At Lebanon Playground: DA
Details have been released after four people who were shot near a Pennsylvania playground, including two young brothers whose bodies will be transported to Puerto Rico for burial.
Jesus Perez-Salome, 8, Sebastian Perez- Salome, 9, and Joshua Lugo-Perez, 19, all of Lebanon have been identified as the victims of the deadly shooting near a home and a playground in the 400 block of North 5th Street around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, 2023.
UPDATE: The third suspected killer and his girlfriend have been arrested. You can read more about their arrests here.
Jesus died on the back porch of his …
Ex-ymca Employee Who Ditched Daughter In PA YMCA Dumpster Learns Her Fate: DA
A former YMCA employee who ditched her daughter in the organization's dumpster in Lancaster in 2007 has been convicted and sentenced, the District Attorney announced on May 24, 2023.
DNA evidence linked Tara Indrakosit Brazzle, 44, of Valparaiso, Indiana (formerly of Lancaster, Pennsylvania) to the baby girl, according to the DA.
She was arrested in California in 2021 for "infanticide by asphyxiation," as Daily Voice previously reported.
"Baby Mary Ann", was 36 weeks old when she was found in the 500 block of North Queen Street in 2007, the DA explained.
Brazz…
Bucks Son Put Fentanyl In Mom's Iced Tea, Shot Her Dead In Philadelphia: DA (Update)
A 28-year-old Bucks County man is accused of killing his mom by spiking her iced tea with fentanyl then killing her in Philadelphia over the weekend, authorities said.
Sean Rivera, of the Morrisville section of Falls Township, drugged his 72-year-old mom, Carol J. Clark, before driving her to Philadelphia where he shot and killed her, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said.
Rivera left his mom's body in a shed, but officials found her early Monday morning, April 10, and pronounced her dead, Weintraub said.
The investigation began on Sunday afternoon for a report of a do…
SC Homicide Suspect Hid In PA Basement, US Marshals Say
A man wanted on criminal homicide charges was caught in Western Pennsylvania, US Marshals announced on Wednesday, March 15, 2023.
Travis Burton was found hiding in the basement of a home in the 600 block of Romine Street, McKeesport, acting U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Phil Cornelious stated in the announcement.
Burton is accused of shooting a 65-year-old man dead in a backyard near 2569 Gibbs Road Johns Island, South Carolina on Jan. 14, 2023, around 1 p.m., according to the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office. He was also wanted on a firearms viola…