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Infant Child Porn Among 2K+ Images Found On Manheim Man Also Charged In Cold Case: DA Infant Child Porn Among 2K+ Images Found On Manheim Man Also Charged In Cold Case: DA
Infant Child Porn Among 2K+ Images Found On Manheim Man Also Charged In Cold Case: DA A search warrant at the home of a man — charged in a cold case of sexual assault of two children — led the Pennsylvania State Police to over two thousand images of child pornography, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, Jan. 23.  Eric Dorwart, 54, of the 500 block of Pleasure Road in Manheim Township has been charged for the second time in three months for sexually assaulting children, the DA explained.  Dorwart was matched by DNA to the cold case assault of a boy and girl on West Newport Road, Gordonville, Leacock on April 4th, 1997, acc…
Alleged Pennypack Slasher Charged In 3 Unsolved Rapes: Philly PD Alleged Pennypack Slasher Charged In 3 Unsolved Rapes: Philly PD
Elias Diaz Officially Charged In 2003 Murder, Rapes: PPD The man accused of terrorizing hikers with a machete at Pennypack Park trail last month is now officially charged in three more cold cases, Philadelphia police told Daily Voice.  Elias Diaz was booked for a string of sexual assaults on Wednesday, Dec. 27, the department said. Two of the attacks happened in Fairmount Park in 2003 while the third was in Pennypack back in 2007, according to authorities.  The new charges came just a week after 46-year-old Diaz was accused of the 2003 rape and murder of Rebecca Park, whose remains were discovered after she disappeared while joggin…
Was Philadelphia Escort Victim Of Gilgo Beach Serial Killer? Was Philadelphia Escort Victim Of Gilgo Beach Serial Killer?
Was Philadelphia Escort Victim Of Gilgo Beach Serial Killer? So far, 59-year-old suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann has been charged in the deaths of four women on Long Island, dating back to more than a decade ago. The Massapequa Park architect and married father of two, was arraigned on murder charges in Suffolk County Court on Friday, July 14, in the killings of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Costello. Clockwise from top left: Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Costello, and Megan Waterman.Suffolk County Police Department The bodies of 10 people, including two from New Jersey and Philadelphia, are …
1984's 'Missing Mary Ann' House Searched By Pennsylvania State Police: Reports 1984's 'Missing Mary Ann' House Searched By Pennsylvania State Police: Reports
1984's 'Missing Mary Ann' House Searched By Pennsylvania State Police: Reports A woman went missing from her central Pennsylvania home on June 5, 1984, and on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, Pennsylvania state police were spotted searching the property according to multiple media outlets.  Mary Ann Bagenstose, 25 at the time of her disappearance, was last seen at her home located at 167 Willow Street, Pequea Township over 40 years ago, according to LancasterOnline. Seven state police vehicles, the Forensic Unit, and several unmarked cars were at the home as part of "an investigation," and a spokesperson said there is "an authorized police presence in the 100 block of W…
Man Serving Life For Murder Confesses To 2 Cold Case Killings Including Prostitute In MD Man Serving Life For Murder Confesses To 2 Cold Case Killings Including Prostitute In MD
Man Serving Life For Murder Confesses To 2 Cold Case Killings Including Prostitute In MD A man sentenced to life in prison after strangling a single mother has been linked to two cold-case killings including one in Maryland and another in Virginia dating back to 1987, according to police. Charles Helem, 52, is serving life in prison at a supermax state prison for the 2002 murder of Patricia Bentley, a 37-year-old single mother from Chantilly, Virginia. He strangled Bentley with a phone cord and his hands, according to officials. This week, Helem was indicted for murder by a Fairfax County grand jury in the 1987 murder of another woman and is also suspected of killing a third wo…
Bucks County Investigator Details Haunting 2004 Murder Case On New TV Show 'American Detective' Bucks County Investigator Details Haunting 2004 Murder Case On New TV Show 'American Detective'
Bucks County Investigator Details Haunting 2004 Murder Case On New TV Show 'American Detective' Well-educated. Tall and blonde. Highly esteemed. Heather Lavelle was an unlikely killer.  But in Summer 2004, a killer is exactly what Lavelle became. In August of that year, she and boyfriend James Savage tortured and beat her ex-boyfriend Christian Rojas to death in his Bensalem apartment. If not for Bensalem Police Det. Chris McMullin -- who worked as one of the lead detectives on the case, along with two from the Bucks County District Attorney's Office -- Lavelle and Savage may have gotten away with the crime. McMullin will be detailing the gruesome homicide on the Feb. 17 episode of…