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COLD CASE: NJ Pastor Nabbed For Homicide Of 8-Year-Old Gretchen Harrington COLD CASE: NJ Pastor Nabbed For Homicide Of 8-Year-Old Gretchen Harrington
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…
11-Year-Old Boy Dies In Allentown Shooting: Coroner 11-Year-Old Boy Dies In Allentown Shooting: Coroner
11-Year-Old Boy Dies In Allentown Shooting: Coroner An 11-year-old boy was shot dead in Allentown late on Tuesday, Dec. 27, said Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio in a statement.  The child was shot at his home on the 600 block of North Front Street just before 7:30 p.m. and was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, the coroner said. Hospital staff declared him dead at about 8:30 p.m.  His official cause and manner of death are pending the results of an autopsy scheduled for Friday, Dec. 30 at 8 a.m., officials said.  The child's name has not yet been released, "out of respect for the family of the child and…