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COLD CASE: Lehigh County Couple, Infant Killed In 'Suspicious Fire' COLD CASE: Lehigh County Couple, Infant Killed In 'Suspicious Fire'
Cold CASE: Lehigh County Couple, Infant Killed In 'Suspicious Fire' State police are looking for tips in a "suspicious fire" that killed three people in Lynn Township more than 25 years ago.  Linda Ann Howland, David Wayne Jones, and their 3-month-old daughter Leah Michelle Jones died when their home caught fire on April 26, 1998, according to PSP.  The family lived in a converted barn on a property that Howland ran as a horse farm, authorities said. A 1998 report from the Allentown Morning Call said the 42-year-old mom was "known as a key breeder and trainer of the Tennessee walking horse."  Howland's daughter from a previous marriage was a…

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by Mac Bullock
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Lehigh Valley Gym Coach's Unsolved Murder Gets New Look Lehigh Valley Gym Coach's Unsolved Murder Gets New Look
Lehigh Valley Gym Coach's Unsolved Murder Gets New Look Decades after she was found murdered in her Emmaus home, state police are still seeking Barbara Marie Solt's killer.  The 27-year-old was a popular physical education teacher and sports coach at Lincoln Elementary School for five years before she was found murdered apartment on Nov. 17, 1982.  According to an archival report from the Allentown Morning Call, Solt's body was found by her principal Joseph Pavone, who stopped by her Colonial Crest apartment after she didn't show for work.  She had been stabbed more than 10 times and had been sexually assaulted, the new…

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by Mac Bullock
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Two Dead In Upper Macungie Tractor Trailer Crash Two Dead In Upper Macungie Tractor Trailer Crash
Two Dead In Upper Macungie Tractor Trailer Crash Two people in a crash involving a tractor trailer in Upper Macungie Township Sunday, Jan. 29, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio tells Daily Voice. A vehicle heading south on Folk Road was struck by an eastbound tractor collided when it tried to cross Hamilton Boulevard around 4:30 p.m., bringing the coroner to the scene, according to the Morning Call citing police. FATAL CRASH | HAMILTON BLVD / FOLK RD | UPPER MACUNGIE TWP | LEHIGH | TT AND PASSENGER VEHICLE INVOLVED | LEHIGH COUNTY CORONER DANIEL BUGLIO CONFIRMS DOUBLE FATAL Posted by Lehigh Valley Breaking News on Sunday, Januar…

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by Cecilia Levine