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NJ 'Hot Shot' Murderess Found Dead In PA Prison Cell 3 Days After Probation Violation Arrest
A New Jersey woman convicted of murder, who admitted to injecting a man with a fatal mix of cocaine and bleach, was found dead in her cell at the State Correctional Institution at Muncy, officials announced.
Lisa Marie Stavish, 41, a Passaic, NJ native, was discovered unresponsive in her cell on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, according to Wendy Nicholas, superintendent of SCI Muncy. Prison staff attempted life-saving measures until emergency responders arrived, but Stavish was pronounced dead at 6:07 a.m.
Stavish was serving a 7-to-20-year sentence for third-degree murder in the death of David…
AG: Pennsylvania Woman Admits Keeping Disabled Sister In Wooden Cage
A Pennsylvania woman was sentenced to 23 months in prison and two years probation after she admit to keeping her disabled sister in a wooden cage and providing her with little to no medical care, authorities announced.
Leona Biser, of Washington County, was charged and release on bail on Jan. 15, 2020, then jailed in August of last year for failing to show up in court.
Biser’s sister, Loretta Lancaster, was discovered by OAG agents in November 2019 locked in a small, dirty wooden cage in the living room of her family home, PA Attorney General Joshua Shapiro said.
When confronted, Bis…
