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PA Ex-Con Dubbed 'Kunkletown Killer' Missing For More Than A Month: Report
A Pennsylvania ex-con dubbed the "Kunkletown Killer" has been missing for more than a month, according to local police and LehighValleyLive.
William Edelman Jr., 65, was last seen on Thursday, March 24 in Catasauqua, police said on Facebook.
Posted by Catasauqua Police Department on Monday, April 25, 2022
Edelman Jr. was convicted in 1990 of killing two people in Monroe County before accepting a plea deal in 1992 based on mental illness that got him to 15 to 30 years in prison, the outlet says. He was later released on parole.
He is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 200 pounds, and has bl…
Coroner ID's 2 Young Girls Killed In Hellertown PA Fire: (Update)
Two young girls were killed in a Hellertown house fire Friday, April 1, authorities said.
Firefighters responded to the 600 block of Linden Avenue just before 1 a.m., where they found the house engulfed in flames, officials said.
Abigail Kaufman, 10, and Brianna Baer, 15, were trapped in the blaze and later rescued by firefighters, but they died at St Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office.
An older man and woman escaped the blaze unharmed, LehighValleyLive reports.
Autopsies are scheduled for Monday, April 4, the coroner's office said.
The cau…
PA Man To Stand Trial 50 Years After California Go-Go Dancer's Murder
A trial has been ordered for a Pennsylvania man accused of killing a 24-year-old California woman more than a half-century ago, reports say.
John Sipos, 76, is charged in the Nov. 20, 1969, slaying of 24-year-old Mary Scott, who was found dead inside her San Diego apartment, LehighValleyLive reports.
The North Whitehall man was linked to the killing last October after investigators found DNA evidence from his garbage consistent with matching evidence found on the woman's body, The Morning Call reports.
Sipos reportedly broke into the go-go dancer's home, raped her, and then …
Report: Northampton County Man Illegally Snooped Through Woman’s Phone While Working As PA Cop
A Northampton County man was working as a police officer when he illegally looked through the personal contents of a woman’s cell phone, including photos, videos and emails, authorities charged.
Victor Alpizar, a former part-time officer in Nesquehoning, Carbon County, was charged last week with computer theft and unlawful use of a computer and released after posting $2,000 unsecured bail, LehighValleyLive reports citing court records.
Alpizar, of the of the 800 block of Hayes Street in Bethlehem, is accused of confiscating the iPhone of a woman he arrested on a mental health wa…
Report: Pennsylvania Man, 56, Raped Boy In Northampton County For 12 Years
A Pennsylvania man has been charged in connection to a series of rapes on a boy in Northampton County spanning 12 years, authorities said.
Thomas Alfonso Boneta, 56, is accused of sexually assaulting the victim in Bangor starting from the age of 8 in 2007 through the age of 20, LehighValleyLive reports citing court records.
The boy’s younger brother was also targeted, police said.
Boneta, of East Stroudsburg, denied the allegations when confronted in front of the boys’ mother in 2019, authorities said.
He was arraigned Tuesday on charges including rape of a child, aggravated indecent assa…
PA Man Who Fatally Hit Woman In Crosswalk During Broad Daylight Was High On Meth, Police Say
A Pennsylvania man was high on meth when he fatally struck a 74-year-old woman in a crosswalk during broad daylight, police said.
Kenneth Schuebel, 57, was charged Tuesday with homicide by vehicle while DUI, homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter and five related offenses, LehighValleyLive reports citing court records.
Schuebel, of Lower Saucon Township, struck Frances Miller in a crosswalk on the 1200 block of Main Street in Hellertown shortly before 3:40 p.m. on June 20, police said.
Miller, of Hellertown, was taken to St. Luke’s University Hospital in Fountain Hill with tra…
Lehigh Valley Man, 31, Killed In Head-On Motorcycle Crash
A 31-year-old man was killed in a head-on motorcycle crash in Berks County Saturday night, authorities said.
Elvis Colon-Ramirez, of Allentown, crossed his motorcycle over to the oncoming path of a car on Mount Laurel Street in Alsace Township and hit a Volkswagen Jetta near Delp Road shortly after 6:05 p.m., LehighValleyLive reports citing state police.
Colon-Ramirez was pronounced dead at the scene, though he had been wearing a helmet, the report said.
The Jetta driver — Kenneth Dietrich, 60, of Muhlenberg Township — as well as a rear passenger were uninjured in the crash. A second passe…
Ex-Lehigh University Student Gets Up To 20 Years, Deportation For Poisoning Roommate
A former Lehigh University student will spend up to 20 years behind bars before he's sent back to China after admitting to poisoning his roommate with a heavy metal substance three years ago, according to several news reports.
Yukai Yang, now 25, pleaded guilty to attempted murder last November, acknowledging that he bought thallium in March 2018 and began slipping it into Juwan Royal’s food and mouthwash, CBS Philly reports.
Royal noted in court that he suffered weight loss, headaches, nausea, and heart palpitations, WFMZ reports.
He was diagnosed with heavy metal poisoning in April 2018,…
