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Dad Shoots Wife, Daughter Dead: Chester County DA Dad Shoots Wife, Daughter Dead: Chester County DA
Dad Shoots Wife, Daughter Dead: Chester County DA A 76-year-old man has been arrested for killing his wife and daughter, the Chester County District Attorney’s Office and the Pennsylvania State Police Avondale announced on Friday afternoon.  Roger Lee Hanks originally of Virginia most recently of Kennett Square is accused of shooting his wife and adult daughter during a dispute "in the early evening hours of April 25," as stated in the release. Hanks called someone he knew saying he "went crazy" and  shot his wife Judith and daughter Emily, according to the affidavit of probable cause. That person called 911. Troopers were s…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Man Gets Life In Prison For Strangulation Death Of Woman Who 'Feared For Her Life' PA Man Gets Life In Prison For Strangulation Death Of Woman Who 'Feared For Her Life'
PA Man Gets Life In Prison For Strangulation Death Of Woman Who 'Feared For Her Life' A Pennsylvania man convicted of first-degree murder in the strangulation death of the woman with whom he shared a home was sentenced to life in prison, authorities said. Daniel Proffitt, 48, of Oxford, was found guilty but mentally ill in July 2021 on charges of murder and strangulation for his role in the 2018 killing of 64-year-old Anna Johnson, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. Johnson was found strangled to death by local and state police who were called to a Brick Road home in East Nottingham Township on Dec. 29, 2018, authorities said.  When they arrived, Proffitt,…

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by Nicole Acosta
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DA: Jury Finds Chester County Man Guilty But Mentally Ill In Strangulation Death Of Woman, 64 DA: Jury Finds Chester County Man Guilty But Mentally Ill In Strangulation Death Of Woman, 64
DA: Jury Finds Chester County Man Guilty But Mentally Ill In Strangulation Death Of Woman, 64 A jury found an Oxford man guilty but mentally ill of first-degree murder and strangulation after a 64-year-old woman was found strangled in the home she shared with him in 2018, authorities said. Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) and Oxford police were called to a home on Brick Road in East Nottingham Township on Dec. 29, 2018, for the report of an unresponsive female in the bathroom, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. When officers arrived, Daniel Proffitt, 47, was outside the home and claimed that the victim had attacked him with a butcher knife so h…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Florida Man Was DUI In 2019 Killing Of 25-Year-Old Chester County Woman, DA Says Florida Man Was DUI In 2019 Killing Of 25-Year-Old Chester County Woman, DA Says
Florida Man Was DUI In 2019 Killing Of 25-Year-Old Chester County Woman, DA Says A Florida native is facing a prison sentence for driving under the influence when he struck and killed a 25-year-old Chester County woman in 2019, authorities announced Tuesday. A victim reported to PA State Police on Nov. 19, 2019, that they had been struck by a driver in a neon green Camaro, who quickly fled the scene in Warwick Township, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. The driver -- later determined to be Robbie Wharton IV, 27, of Freeport, FL -- also struck a car head-on minutes later, the DA's office said. When police arrived on the scene, a good samar…

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by Nicole Acosta