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Missing Woman Possibly Killed In Harrisburg, Police Say
A woman has been missing for nearly three months and authorities believe she could have been killed in the Harrisburg area, according to an updated release on Friday, May 3. Tracy Scanlon, also known as Tracy Zalenski, 54 of the Pittsburgh area, was first reported missing to the Millvale Police Department. "All information from family and friends places her in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area," Susquehanna Township Police said in a release on March 19. The updated release provided more details about where she was in Harrisburg: "There has been no contact with Tracy's family or frie…
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CASE: Investigation Continues In Wilkes-Barre Girl's 1969 Disappearance
Authorities are continuing to investigate the 1969 disappearance of Joan Marie Dymond. Dymond was 14 years old when she disappeared from Andover Street Park on June 25, 1969, authorities have said. Her remains were discovered more than 40 years later on Nov. 17, 2012, by individuals digging for relics on the grounds of a former coal-mining operation in Newport Township. Another decade passed before DNA from family members confirmed they were Dymond's in October 2022. Investigators still say they suspect "foul play." Anyone with information is asked to ca…
Police & Fire
NJ Murder Suspect Who Dumped Body In NYC Captured In Philadelphia: Cops
A second arrest has been made in the murder of a Franklin Township man last December, authorities said. Daniel Matthews, 44, was arrested on Tuesday, March 12 in Philadelphia and charged with killing Artis Young and then taking his body back to Brooklyn, NY, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said. Andrew Mumby, a 47-year-old New Brunswick resident was arrested last month. On Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023, police received a missing person report from Young's family, McDonald said alongside Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and Franklin Town…
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Lehigh Coroner Investigating Death Of Woman Reported Missing
An Emmaus woman who was reported missing early on Tuesday, Feb. 13 was found dead near the railroad tracks in Alburtis Borough on Wednesday morning, Feb. 14, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Catherine E. Blank, 46, was pronounced dead on the 4700 block of Indian Creek road around 8:30 a.m., Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said in a release. An autopsy to determine her cause of death is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 16. Blank was last seen around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday on the 5300 block of Indian Creek Road, under a mile from where she was found, Alburtis police said. She was fo…
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Missing Bucks County Girl Last Seen Over A Week Ago: Police
Authorities in Warminster Township are searching for a missing child. Taylor Saunders, 13, was last seen near 120 East Street Road on Tuesday, Jan. 9 around 7 a.m., police said in a release. She was wearing a a black hoodie, black pants, and pink glitter sneakers, and might have been carrying a brown Louis Vuitton purse with a pink strap. Anyone who spots her should call Warminster police at 215-672-1000.
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CASE: Pregnant PA Woman Disappeared From Her Home Without A Trace
More than half a century after she vanished, Pennsylvania State Police are actively investigating the disappearance of Ilonka Cann. The 22-year-old was pregnant and living with her husband Charles Cann II and their 15-month-old son in Huntington Mills, Luzerne County, according to authorities and the Charley Project. Ilonka was last seen alive on the morning of May 26, 1970, troopers said. Charles told police he said goodbye and went to work at the Berwick Junior High School around 7:20 a.m. When he returned home around 3:30 p.m., he found their son alone, crying in h…
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CASE: Allentown Woman Found Dead In Basement 3 Years After Disappearance
Jamie Lee Metzger had been missing for more than three years when authorities found her decomposed remains in a Northampton County basement, Pennsylvania State Police say. The 31-year-old Allentown mom had been reported missing by her mother in September 2014, some five months after she was last seen alive, according to officials. Authorities circulated her photo and asked for the public's help, but years passed with no break in the case. Metzger was finally discovered in a plastic storage bin in the basement of 15 Springwater Court in Williams Township on Dec. 7, 2017, p…
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Missing Chesco Dad Died From Car Crash In Delaware: Authorities
An Oxford man who was reported missing late last month was identified as the victim of a Delaware car crash, officials say. Forty-two-year-old Bobby Pipkins Jr. was killed in a wreck in north Wilmington sometime between Nov. 25 and Dec. 6, said Delaware State Police in a release. Pipkins was reported missing to Wilmington police on Nov. 25 after he left a family function and was not heard from again, according to DSP and relatives. The accident remains under investigation by troopers. Loved ones described Pipkins as a hard-working family man. "He is a working man, a loving husband, a p…
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: NJ Man Killed Woman Then Dumped Her Body, Cops Say
Harrowing details are beginning to surface in the death of a South Jersey woman. After being charged with second-degree disturbing human remains, 53-year-old Carlos Acevedo, of Camden, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Cathleen McGrath, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez said. McGrath, of Haddon Township, was found dead near 8th Street and Atlantic Avenue in Camden City on Nov. 15, at approximately 2 p.m., after having been missing for several weeks. Philly Folks - my friend’s niece, Cathleen McGrath, has …
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Missing Philly Teen May Be En Route To Atlantic City, Authorities Say
Philadelphia police are asking for the public's aid in locating a missing teen. Kent Johnson, 17, was last seen around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, the department said. He was leaving his home on the 2000 block of South Hutchinson Street and said he was going to the library, according to police. Officials said he may be with his girlfriend, whose name was not available Tuesday evening. He is also known to frequent the Atlantic City, New Jersey area, they added. Johnson is 5-foot-10 and 140 pounds with black hair and brown eyes, authorities said. Police believe he was wear…
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Missing Philadelphia Senior May Be In Danger, Authorities Warn
Philadelphia police are asking for the public's help in tracking down an endangered missing senior. Norman Sweeney, 77, hasn't been seen since Monday afternoon, Oct. 23, authorities said. He was last spotted along the 500 block of East Allegheny Avenue in Kensington, near Lewis Elkin Elementary School, according to PPD. Sweeney is 6-foot-1 and 165 pounds with a thin build, gray hair, and a mustache, police said. He was wearing a black jacket, a sweater, multicolored pants with maroon stripes on the sides, and red, white, and blue sneakers. Anyone with informat…
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Pennsylvania Man Vanished Without A Trace More Than 40 Years Ago, PSP Says
Ryan Jan Kemp has been missing since September 1981, but state police still believe his case can be solved. Kemp, 30 years old at the time he vanished, was last seen grabbing lunch at the IGA grocery store on Route 873 in Neffs, according to authorities and archival reports from the Allentown Morning Call. Days later, his truck was found abandoned a few miles away at the now-defunct Buffalo Inn on Route 309 in Schnecksville, the newspaper reported. Police never publicly detailed the evidence that led them to suspect foul play, but they have maintained that stance in the de…
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