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Accident Or Homicide? Shooting Leaves 17-Year-Old Boy Dead In PA
The difficult task of ruling whether an "accidental" shooting may be a homicide is up to authorities in Luzerne County, Daily Voice was told on Friday, Sept. 6. A teenage boy was fatally wounded with a gunshot wound to his chest in Nanticoke on Sunday, Sept. 1, authorities said. The victim was identified as Hunter Sipple, 17, the following day. The shooting with a handgun was "preliminarily accidental" pending further investigation, Nanticoke Police Chief Michael Roke told Daily Voice. "It's been a pretty whirlwind week," Roke said on Friday, Sept. 6. "We have more people coming in f…
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Late-Night Labor Day Shooting Ruled Homicide, Lehigh Coroner Says (
Update
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Authorities have ruled that the 39-year-old man shot dead in Allentown over the Labor Day weekend was a homicide. Terrence Brunson, of Allentown, Brunson was pronounced dead on Monday, Sept. 2, at about 11:20 p.m., according to the Lehigh County Coroner. He died of a gunshot wound to the chest, the coroner said on Wednesday, Sept. 4. He was pronounced dead in the emergency department at St. Luke's Hospital, Sacred Heart Campus. The shooting occurred on Monday, Sept. 2, at approximately 10:40 p.m. in the 500 Block of W. Liberty St. in Allentown, the coroner said. …
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Woman ID'd After Fatal Assault By Married Couple: Dauphin County Coroner
The woman found dead following an assault at a husband and wife's apartment has been identified, by the Dauphin County Coroner on Sunday, Sept. 1. Allie McFadden, 26, of York County, was killed in Kyle and Chanise Burton's apartment in the 100 block of Pine Street at 11 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29. The investigation revealed that the Burtons were responsible for her death, according to the police, and as Daily Voice previously reported. Her autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. The investigation is still ongoing and anyone with information is asked to …
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Crash Victim Found Lying Dead In Road, Lancaster County Coroner Says
A 33-year-old man was found lying on the road Sunday morning, Aug. 11, the Lancaster County Coroner announced the following day. Alexis Garcia-Burgos, of the 700 block of King Street, Lancaster, PA was pronounced dead at the scene of the two-vehicle crash at 8:15 a.m., as detailed in the coroner's release. Emergency crews were first called the crash called to the scene of a crash at the intersection of Columbia Avenue and Centerville Road in East Hempfield Township around 6:30 a.m. and the coroner was called at 7:41 a.m. The other person involved in the crash was injured, author…
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Boy, 17, Ejected, Killed In Lehigh County Rollover Crash: Coroner
A 17-year-old boy was killed in a late-night crash on Monday, Aug. 5 in Lehigh County, the coroner said. Javian Alexander Rivera, of Lower Macungie, was the passenger in the car the rolled over on the 2000 block of Orchard Drive around 11:55 p.m., Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said. Javian was ejected and killed, Buglio said. An autopsy will be completed at the LCCO&FC on Thursday, Aug. 8, to determine the cause of death. In addition to the coroner's office, the Whitehall Township Police Department, the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office and the Lehigh County Crash Reconst…
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Teen Girl Struck Dead In Lancaster, Coroner Says
A 15-year-old girl was found dead on the side of the road on Monday morning, Aug. 5 the Lancaster County Coroner Eric Bieber announced. The coroner had been called to a pedestrian struck at 1420 Beaver Valley Pike in Strasburg Township at 3:28 a.m., according to the release. The teenage girl was found by investigators and the coroner along the side of the road following the vehicle strike, as detailed in the release. The local girl's name, cause, and manner of death were not released. Her body was taken to Lancaster County Forensic Center for an autopsy. This fatal crash is under i…
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Man Found Dead Of Gunshot Wound In Lehigh County
A 65-year-old man from Salisbury Township was found dead of a gunshot wound, authorities said. Richard A. Costello was pronounced dead on Friday, Aug. 2, at 9:37 a.m. at his home, they said. An autopsy was completed on Monday, Aug. 5 at the Lehigh County Coroner's Office and Forensics Center. The cause of death is a gunshot wound to the abdomen, the coroner said. The manner of death is pending an investigation, the coroner said. Costello was found at his home during a welfare check by police, who were contacted by a concerned family member. In addition to the co…
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Maryland Ironman Winner, Dallastown HS Teacher Killed In Bicycle Crash: Officials
A former Ironman Maryland All-Around winner and popular Pennsylvania high school teacher was killed in a bicycle crash in York County, friends and officials announced on Monday, July 29. Joseph "Joe" Klinedinst, 48 of York, died at the scene of a crash at the intersection of Mt Pisgah and Ducktown roads in Hellam Township at 11:55 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, according to the coroner's release and later identified by family friends and a county commissioner. Our deepest condolences to the Klinedinst family as yesterday our community lost a great man. Joe Klinedinst sadly... Posted by Ma…
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Coroner Reveals Cause Of Death For Manheim Mom (
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A 66-year-old mom of two has died following a house fire, authorities announced on Thursday, July 24. Beth Hill Yanni, of the 2600 block of Lebanon Road in Manheim, Rapho Township, was taken to Lancaster General Hospital after "being caught in a fire at her residence," as written in the Lancaster County Coroner's report. The fire broke out at her home around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24 — she was pronounced dead in the trauma bay at 9:39 p.m., the coroner explained. Following an autopsy, her manner of death was ruled accidental and the cause was 'Smoke Inhalation and T…
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NY Dad, His 2 Children Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash On PA Turnpike: State Police
A father and his two children from Long Island have been identified as the victims of a triple fatal crash on the Interstate 76/PA Turnpike involving a tractor-trailer that happened on Sunday, July 21, Pennsylvania State Police and the Lancaster County Coroner announced in separate releases the following Monday. Donnell Hickson, 43 of the 2700 block of Grant Avenue in Baldwin, NY, has been identified as the driver of the passenger vehicle that fatally collided with a tractor-trailer at mile marker 268.8 at 4:24 a.m., authorities detailed. His 18-year-old son, Decir Hickson of the…
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Woman ID'd After Drowning At Pinchot State Park: York County Coroner
A 31-year-old woman who drowned while swimming at a state park has been identified, the York County Coroner announced on Thursday, June 27. Brittney Hoffman of the 700 block of Madison Avenue, York City, was found unresponsive in the Quaker Race Day Use swimming area of Gifford Pinchot State Park on Tuesday night, as explained by Chief Coroner Pam Gay. "Life-saving measures were implemented, but the female never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead at 5:55 p.m. This incident appears to be a probable drowning," Gay wrote in the release. Chief Deputy Coroner Tania Zech r…
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Pennsylvania Woman Drowns In Waterfall At Glacier National Park (
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A 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman died after falling into the water at Glacier National Park in Montana, according to officials. The National Parks Service said Gillian Tones of North Apollo slipped on a rock and fell into the water above St. Mary Falls on Sunday afternoon, June 23. Witnesses said Tones was washed over the falls and trapped underwater for "several minutes," rangers said in a release. Bystanders pulled her from the bottom of the falls and rendered CPR before EMTs arrived in a helicopter. She never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead at 7 p.m…
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'I Killed My Mother,' PA Man Tells Officers In DC Hours After Murder, DA Says
A 49-year-old man accused of killing his mother in a blood-smeared Pennsylvania home has been arrested in Washington DC. Dolores Ingram, 82, was found dead inside 26024 Beacon Hill Drive on Sunday morning, June 16, after Bucks County radio dispatchers received a call from the Metropolitan D.C. Police Department to check on her well-being, the Bucks County DA's Office said. Ingram's son, William Ingram, 49, was arrested for assaulting an officer and damaged a police car in Washington DC, police said. During his arrest, Ingram told several Metro D.C. police officers that he had killed his mo…
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Lancaster Kayaker Found Dead In Swatara Creek: Harrisburg Officials
A 44-year-old kayaker was found dead in Swatara Creek, the Dauphin County Coroner's Office confirmed Friday morning. The Lancaster man was kayaking with friends when "he appears to have had a medical event," on Thursday, June 13, according to the coroner's release. A life jacket was reportedly on the boat but was not on the man when he was found shortly after 9 p.m., officials explained. "The Coroner’s Office is now working to ensure that all family members are notified before releasing his name," Dauphin County Press Secretary Diane McNaughton said. The man's autopsy is…
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Central PA Dad, Business Owner Killed In Motorcycle Crash: Coroner
A 44-year-old Central Pennsylvania Dad has died following a motorcycle crash, the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office announced on Thursday, June 13. Joseph "Joe" Sheesley Jr., 44 of Gap, died at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital at 4:10 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, according to the coroner's release. Joe had been riding his motorcycle at the intersection of Limeville Road and County Line Road when he collided with a van around 3:30 p.m., as detailed in the release. An autopsy has been scheduled and the cause and manner of death are pending the res…
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Homicide Investigation: Man Dies 11+ Years After Harrisburg Shooting, Police
A gunshot victim who survived 11 years following the shooting passed on Thursday at a Harrisburg hospital. On March 27, 2024, the police announced they have launched a homicide investigation into his death. Tyrone McLemore, 33 of Harrisburg, died on March 21, 2024, the Harrisburg police explained. "An autopsy was conducted, and it was determined that McLemore's death was directly associated with the 2012 shooting incident," the police said. McLemore was shot by an unknown person in the 400 block of South 14th Street on Aug. 4, according to the police. His…
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Human Skull, Skeletal Remains Discovered In Montco Retention Basin: Authorities
Investigators are working to identify human remains fished out of a retention basin in Towamencin Township on Monday, March 18, police said in a release. A contractor called police after finding a human skull in the retention basin at Welsh Road and Grist Mill Drive around noon, according to authorities. Officers secured the scene and discovered additional skeletal remains along with some "remnants" of clothing, police said. The remains were turned over to the Montgomery County Coroner's Office for processing. "While there were no initial indications of trauma or foul pla…
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Arrest Made In Pregnant PA Amish 23-Year-Old Mom's Murder: State Police
An arrest has been made in connection with the killing of a 23-year-old pregnant Amish mom of two, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Saturday, March 2. Shawn Christophe Cranston, 52 of Corry, PA, has been charged with Criminal Homicide, Criminal Homicide of an Unborn Child, Burglary, and Criminal trespass for the slaying of Rebekah A. Byler, 23 of the 2100 block of Fish Flats Road in Sparta Township around noon on Monday, Feb. 26, according to police. Cranston was tracked down following "an exhaustive five-day-long investigation" which began after Byler's husband Andy came h…
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Coroner IDs Body Found In Bethlehem Parking Lot
Authorities have named the man whose body was found near a Bethlehem Burger King on Saturday, Feb. 24. Sergio Barajas of Allentown, 31, was found in the parking lot at 2141 Stefko Boulevard, said the Northampton County Coroner's Office in a release. His autopsy was completed on Monday, Feb. 26 but his cause and manner of death are pending further testing, Coroner Zachary Lysek said. According to his obituary from Judd-Beville Funeral Home, Barajas leaves behind a wife.
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Lebanon Man ID'd After Fatal Lititz Crash On Rt 322: Lancaster Co. Coroner
A 68-year-old Lebanon County man has been identified following a crash on Route 322 on Friday, Lancaster County Chief Deputy Coroner Eric Bieber told Daily Voice. Michael Halupa of the 220 block of Black Oak Road died at the scene of a single-vehicle crash into a tree at the intersection of Route 322 and Pumping Station Road in Lititz, Elizabeth Township at 2:56 p.m. on Feb. 23, Chief Deputy Coroner Bieber detailed. Following an autopsy at the Lancaster County Forensic Center, his cause of death was determined to be multiple traumatic injuries, and his manner of death was ruled …
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Woman Dies After Fall At PA Prison, Investigation Launched: DA
Authorities are investigating after an inmate fell to her death at the Monroe County Correctional Facility, according to the District Attorney's Office. The unnamed 42-year-old woman fell from an "upper tier" at the prison early Sunday morning, Feb. 4, and was badly injured, officials said. She died hours later at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono, DA Mike Mancuso wrote in a statement. "Detective Mario Orlando of my office along with members of the Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the death," Mancuso said. County Coroner Tom Yanac has ordered an autopsy, he added.&…
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Double Homicide: Infant, Woman, Man Shot In Allentown, Police Say
A man, a woman, and a baby were found shot in Allentown, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio told Daily Voice on Saturday. The unnamed 66-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman, and a 1-year-old infant were found shot in the 100 block of Chestnut Street, Allentown, Lehigh County, at 8:49 p.m. on Dec. 29, the coroner detailed. The woman was pronounced dead at 9:59 PM and the baby boy was pronounced dead at 10:01 p.m., according to coroner Buglio. The man was found wounded at the scene and was taken by Allentown EMS to a local hospital, the Allentown police explaine…
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Investigation Launched After Inmate Dies In Custody At Bucks Jail: Coroner
A Philadelphia man died while in police custody at the Bucks County Correctional Facility on Monday, Dec.18, authorities revealed. Edward Hatch, a 46-year-old Philadelphia resident, was found unresponsive in his cell early Monday morning, said Coroner Meredith Buck in a release. An autopsy on Tuesday, Dec. 19 "showed no overt evidence of external trauma" and the cause and manner of his death are still under investigation, Buck said. Bucks County Correctional Facility, 1730 S. Easton Road, Doylestown Google Maps (Street View) Authorities said Hatch had been in cus…
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No ID For Young Man Found Dead In Allentown
Authorities in Lehigh County are working to identify a man in his 20s found dead on an Allentown alley in the early morning hours on Sunday, July 16. The victim was discovered on the 600 block of Morris Street and taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where doctors pronounced him dead around 2 a.m., said county Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. His cause of death is pending an autopsy scheduled for Tuesday, July 17, but officials said he "appears to have suffered head and traumatic injuries." "With the assistance of the Allentown Police Department, post-mortem fingerprints a…
Police & Fire
Murder-suicide
: ID Of Shooter Who Killed Woman Then Himself In PA Home Released
Police have ruled the case of two people found dead in a Central Pennsylvania home over the weekend a murder-suicide. Timothy Hanford, 49, is believed to have fatally shot a woman in a home on the 800 block of Grantham Road in Upper Allen Township before turning the gun on himself, local officials said. Their bodies were found by police performing a welfare check around 5:30 a.m. Saturday, July 1, Upper Allen police said. Autopsies confirmed that both individuals died of gunshot wounds. Anyone with information is asked to contact police by dialing 717-795-2445. Anonymous tips can be s…
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Man Found Unresponsive In PA Pool ID'd: Coroner
A 71-year-old man who was found unresponsive in his Central Pennsylvania pool over the weekend has been identified, authorities said. Richard B. Flickinger was found in the pool at his home on the 3100 block of Grandview Road in Penn Township, around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 1, York County Coroner Pamela Gay said. Tragically, the area is one street away from a local medical center, according to Google Maps. Life-saving efforts were unsuccessful and Flickinger was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:20 p.m., by Deputy Coroner Onalee Gilbert and Deputy Coroner in Training Jackie Heffn…
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Lehigh County Woman Gunned Down In Public Park
A woman was shot and killed in a Lehigh County park on Wednesday, says Coroner Daniel A. Buglio's Office. It happened just before 7 p.m., near the West Catasauqua Playground on Pine Street in Whitehall Township, the coroner said. The victim, a 35-year-old Allentown resident, was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where she was pronounced dead a few minutes later, officials said. Her death was ruled a homicide but the cause is pending an autopsy scheduled for Thursday, June 14. "The victim has been identified and her family has been notified," the coroner sai…
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2 Bodies Found In Bucks County Home, Say Police
Police are investigating two deaths after a pair of bodies were discovered in a Bucks County home on Sunday, Nov. 6, authorities announced. First responders in New Hope Borough said they received a report of a "problem" at 78 Towpath Street, comm just after 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. On arrival, officers said they found two men dead in a bedroom. The individuals "appeared to have passed away at the same time," but neither shows "apparent trauma or injuries," New Hope police said. The men have been identified, but will not be named until their families are located and notified, …
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BF Of NJ Murder Victim Found Dead In PA: Police
The last person to see a New Jersey woman before she was beaten to death in her home was found dead in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Peter Lestician, 53 — a teacher at South Brunswick High School an area softball coach — had been a person of interest in the death of his girlfriend, Sheila Maguire, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said. Lestician's body was found Friday, Sept. 2 in the front seat of a locked car near an abandoned barn near an ATV trail in Cooper Township in Clearfield County, by two men riding four-wheelers in the area, said Bradshaw alongside …
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Totowa Trio Charged With Killing Paterson Woman Found Stuffed In Car Trunk
UPDATE: One of three people charged with the brutal murder of a Paterson woman told detectives that she saw her live-in boyfriend and his father carry a large box from their Totowa home to the victim's car the night she was believed killed, authorities said. The victim, Stephanie DeJesus, 38, had driven to the Gordon Avenue home where Justin Fisher and Joelle Martucci lived with their young son the night of Feb. 23, documents say security video shows. She'd driven there from a nearby pharmacy, according to an affidavit filed in Superior Court in Paterson. Martucci, 24, pulled up afterward…
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Suspicious Death Of Woman Probed In Coatesville
Authorities were investigating a "suspicious death" Tuesday, Feb. 15 in Coatesville. Donna L. Taney, 59, was found dead on the floor of a bedroom in her East Chestnut Street home around 9:45 a.m., Coatesville police said. A search warrant was executed at the house, and investigators are awaiting the results of an autopsy report. The death, according to police, was an isolated incident with no threat to the community. Anyone with information is asked to contact Coatesville City's Det. Sgt. Brandon Harris at (610)-384-2300 ext. 3212 or Chester County Det. John DiBattista at (610)-344-6866. …
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