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Lacaster County Man Fatally Struck By Amtrak Train Had History In Mental Health Court Program Lacaster County Man Fatally Struck By Amtrak Train Had History In Mental Health Court Program
Lacaster County Man Fatally Struck By Amtrak Train Had History In Mental Health Court Program A Columbia man was killed after being struck by an Amtrak train in West Donegal Township on New Year’s Day, the Lancaster County Coroner announced on Thursday, Jan. 2. Alex Fitzgibbon, 34, a Mount Joy native, died from multiple traumatic injuries after the incident near the tracks on Wednesday, Jan. 1. He was transported to Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:22 p.m., according to the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. His death was ruled an accident following an autopsy on Thursday, Jan. 2. In 2019, Fitzgibbon was convicted of charges stemming from…

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Elizabethtown Man ID'd In 12-Year Cold Case Through Genetic Genealogy: Coroner Elizabethtown Man ID'd In 12-Year Cold Case Through Genetic Genealogy: Coroner
Elizabethtown Man ID'd In 12-Year Cold Case Through Genetic Genealogy: Coroner The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office has identified skeletal remains discovered in a wooded area of West Donegal Township in 2012 as Mitchell L. Mendelson of Elizabethtown, officials announced. The remains were found by a hunter on November 1, 2012, near Cemetery Road, according to a release from the coroner's office. Mendelson, 60, had retired from Red Rose Transit Authority in Lancaster and moved to Elizabethtown in 2011. The identification was made through genetic genealogy and mitochondrial DNA analysis, a breakthrough that came more than a decade after the remains were recovered. F…

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Elizabethtown Accountant Found With Child Porn 4 Times, Heads To Prison: DA Elizabethtown Accountant Found With Child Porn 4 Times, Heads To Prison: DA
Elizabethtown Accountant Phillip Miller Pleads Guilty— Again A Lancaster County accountant has pleaded to possessing child pornography — again, authorities announced on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.  Phillip Keith Miller, 64, of the 800 block of Rutts Road, West Donegal Township, is heading to prison for 18 to 36 years after his employees found the images on his work computer, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office explained in the release.  Miller was previously sentenced to serve three consecutive five-year probation sentences for possessing over 70 videos and over 500 photos of child pornography at his business located at Philip K…

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Elizabethtown 'Pappy' ID'd Following Home Explosion Elizabethtown 'Pappy' ID'd Following Home Explosion
Elizabethtown 'Pappy' ID'd Following Home Explosion A 68-year-old grandfather has died in a home explosion in Elizabethtown.  Harvey L. Winters of 1235 Bossler Road, West Donegal Township was found dead in the rubble of his home following an explosion on Monday, Sept. 18.  The call to the explosion came into Lancaster County Wide Communications at 11:45 a.m., according to emergency dispatch.  ‼️Photos From The Scene‼️ Provided by: Kelsey Heiney West Donegal Twp: 1235 Bossler Rd - Dwelling Fire **WORKING FIRE** *2nd Alarm Transmitted* Posted by Fire Alerts of Lancaster County on Monday, September 18, 2023 Numerous fire crews responded…

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Motorcyclist Found Dead At Crash Scene ID'd: Lancaster Co. Coroner Motorcyclist Found Dead At Crash Scene ID'd: Lancaster Co. Coroner
Motorcyclist Found Dead At Crash Scene ID'd: Lancaster Co. Coroner A 42-year-old man was found dead at the scene of a motorcycle crash on Tuesday, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's office.  A coroner was called to the scene of the crash on Rutts Road in West Donegal Township around 10:30 p.m. on July 11, 2023. "A deputy coroner arrived on the scene and pronounced 42-year-old Brian Saylor, of Elizabethtown, deceased. He was the operator of the motorcycle and the only individual involved in the crash," the coroner stated in a release the following morning.  His body was taken to the Lancaster County Forensic Center for fur…

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Elizabethtown Teenager ID'd As Victim Of Fiery Weekend Crash, Authorities Say Elizabethtown Teenager ID'd As Victim Of Fiery Weekend Crash, Authorities Say
Elizabethtown Teenager ID'd As Victim Of Fiery Weekend Crash, Authorities Say The victim who died in a fiery crash over the weekend— who police said was unrecognizable and unidentifiable— has been identified as a central Pennsylvania teenager, authorities say. Colby Hall, 17, of Elizabethtown, died in the crash on the 700 block of Amosite Road in West Donegal Township last Friday night, WGAL News 8 reports citing the Lancaster County coroner. Daily Voice has reached out to coroner for further information but did not immediately hear back.  Hall’s mother posted a comment on Daily Voice's original article shared in a Facebook Group, confirming the victim was in fac…

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