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Troopers Seek Tips To Find Pennsylvania Mom's Remains
More than 20 years after her husband was convicted of her murder, state police are still trying to locate Kelly Frances McBride's remains. The 22-year-old mom was reported missing by her father on March 23, 1984, troopers say. She had been living on East 8th Street in Northampton Borough with her husband James and their 5-year-old son. After her dad reported her disappearance, James told investigators that his wife had chosen to leave their home that February. His story was later contradicted by physical evidence and he was eventually convicted of killing her in 2001, state…
Police & Fire
Amere Naylor, 28, Killed By Multiple Shots To Face: Police
Police have named the victim of a deadly shooting in Coatesville on Friday night, March 8. Shots rang out on the 700 block of East Diamond Street just before 8 p.m., according to police. Officers arrived to find 28-year-old Amere Naylor dead from multiple gunshot wounds to the face, a release says. Anyone with information is asked to call Coatesville PD at 610-384-2300 or submit an anonymous tip to Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers.
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CASE: PA Teen Was Stabbed, Beaten, And Dumped In Backyard
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a Delaware County murder that took place more than 50 years ago. Joann Jackson was 18 years old when police found her body in a backyard off of Rose Tree Road in Middletown, according to state police and contemporary media accounts. Her remains were discovered by children playing near a pine bush on Thursday, Aug. 16, 1973, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that week. Investigators told the newspaper she had been beaten, stabbed in the neck, sexually assaulted, and strangled. Jackson was last seen alive by her father two d…
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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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CASE: PA Woman Disappeared Without A Trace 20 Years Ago, State Police Say
On Feb. 11, 2004, Phylicia Albina Thomas got back from work around 11:30 p.m. The 22-year-old had finished her shift at the Pump-N-Pantry before making her way to her Lake Township, Luzerne County home, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Thomas went outside briefly after getting home but never made it back inside. She has not been seen or heard from since, troopers say. Today, Phylicia Thomas would be 42 years old. Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers She was 5-foot-6 and 110 pounds with light brown hair and blue eyes. When she was last seen, Thomas was wearing a blue…
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PA Man Wanted For Rape, Incest May Be In Lehigh Valley: Police
Authorities are looking for 38-year-old Benicio Antoin Benifield. Benifield is wanted in Palmer Township on charges of felony rape, sexual assault of a victim under 13, incest, and multiple related counts, according to the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers. Court records claim the crimes took place in November 2018. Investigators believe he may be in or around Macungie or Allentown. Benifield is described as 5 feet tall and 225 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information should call Palmer Township Police at 610-759-2200 or submit an anonymous tip…
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CASE: Former Police Chief Shot Dead With Own Gun In Schuylkill County
More than 40 years later, state police are still working to solve the New Philadelphia murder of Joseph Mickonis. The 58-year-old former borough police chief was found with a gunshot wound to the head at his 167 Kimber Street home, according to troopers and a contemporaneous report from the Allentown Morning Call. Mickonis, by then a part-time officer for Blythe Township police, was discovered by his 16-year-old son and taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Pottsville, the newspaper reported. He was later airlifted to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville where he died the fol…
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Cold Case: Nephew Found Lehigh Valley Woman Murdered In Her Home
Pennsylvania State Police are asking for the public's help to find Rose Josephine Hnath's killer. The 78-year-old was found murdered on the floor of her North Whitehall home on Jan. 21, 1989, troopers said. Her nephew had gone over to check on her around 7:30 p.m. after she was uncharacteristically absent from a church service that morning, according to a 2011 Allentown Morning Call report. She was stabbed and beaten to death and her house had been ransacked, authorities said. Evidence from the scene suggested she fought with her attacker in her final moments, police told…
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CASE: Philly Man Found Shot, Wrapped In Sleeping Bag In Lehigh Valley Creek
Over half a century after his body was found in Slatington, state police continue to investigate the death of Richard Stewart Wimbish. The 49-year-old was found shot to death and wrapped in a sleeping bag in Trout Creek on Jan. 13, 1973, troopers say. Wimbish was last seen alive leaving work on Dec. 29, 1972, authorities said. He was employed by the Pennsylvania Trucking Company located at 49th Street and Parkside Avenue in West Philadelphia. His regular delivery route saw him travel as far north as Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Stroudsburg, police said. …
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CASE: NJ Mom Found Dead In Pennsylvania Cornfield
Decades after she was found dead in a Lehigh Valley cornfield, state troopers continue their search for Caralee LaLaine Pensyl's killer. The 20-year-old's remains were discovered unclothed and decomposed about a quarter-mile south of Hecktown Road in Lower Nazareth on Dec. 12, 1987, according to state police. Authorities say that she was murdered, but no official cause of death seems to appear in the public record. A contemporaneous report from the Allentown Morning Call claimed Pensyl had no wounds or trauma on her body when found. Still, loved ones were immediately suspicious…
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US Marshals Offer $2K Reward, New Details In Philly Inmate's Escape
On the fifth day since he snuck off from a prison work detail, US Marshals are offering a reward for Gino Hagenkotter's capture. The 34-year-old inmate was working at an orchard outside the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center when he walked off without permission before noon on Thursday, Nov. 30, Daily Voice reported. Hagenkotter was serving a "minimum sentence" for theft and burglary at the Riverside Correctional Facility before his escape, authorities have said. His release was originally scheduled for Thursday, the day of his break-out, but was pushed back to Ap…
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Ax Murder Cold Case: $5K Reward Offered In PA Bartender's 1981 Slaying
A literal ax murderer who hacked a man to death has been on the loose in Pennsylvania for more than 40 years. Edward James Joubert spent the last day of his life — Nov. 28, 1981 — working at the Bottom of the Fox Tavern, on the corner of Main and Oak streets in Delaware Water Gap, troopers said. The bar was crowded when Joubert walked around back at 5 p.m. to grab some firewood, police said. He never returned. The 46-year-old was found murdered behind the tavern hours later, according to troopers. Joubert, whom friends called Eddie, was a jazz musician and a transpla…
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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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45 Years Later, Young Mom's Lehigh Valley Murder Remains Unsolved
Sandra Ann Miller was just 22 years old when police found her dead in her Nazareth Borough home early on Sept. 18, 1978. Miller, mother of a 10-month-old girl, had been stabbed, beaten, and choked to death in her 115 Spring Street residence, according to Pennsylvania State Police. In an archival report from the Allentown Morning Call, investigators said they saw evidence of a violent struggle in the home — vases were knocked over, covers were pulled from the bed, and a telephone was off the receiver, indicating a possible attempt to call for help. A bread knife with …
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Wanted
: Missing Kentucky Rapist Thought To Be In Pennsylvania, Police Say
A convicted rapist who has not updated his address as required by Megan's Law is thought to be in or around Delaware County, according to state police. Eric Scott Jones, 45, no longer lives at the address he last provided in December 2019, said troopers in a release. Jones was convicted of third-degree rape and third-degree sodomy in Kentucky in 2002, according to the Pennsylvania Megan's Law website. He now faces felony charges for failing to re-register and is sought on an arrest warrant, state police said. Anyone with information is asked to call the PSP station…
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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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Human Remains ID'd As Pennsylvania Man Missing Since 2012: Coroner
A Monroe County man who went missing more than a decade ago died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to officials. The remains of Stephen C. Lepore were unearthed at 95 Peet Road in Dreher Township, Wayne County, said the Coroner's Office. The skeletal remains were discovered by an unknown party on Tuesday morning, Oct. 17, and identified as Lepore using dental records on Thursday, Oct. 19, Coroner Edward R. Howell said. Lepore, of Tobyhanna, was last seen on the morning of August 17, 2012, driving his 2007 Chevrolet Express, state police investigators have said. Stephen C…
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PA Man Sought On Multiple Child Sex Abuse Charges: Troopers
Pennsylvania State Police are looking for a Northumberland County man wanted on several felony sex abuse charges. David George Glatfelter is charged with felony sexual assault on a person 11 or older, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person under 16, felony aggravated indecent assault, corruption of minors, child pornography, criminal use of a communications facility, and indecent assault of a person under 16, according to troopers. Police said the alleged offenses occurred at Glatfelter's Coal Township home over the last year. The 34-year-old is though…
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I-95
Murder
: $10K Reward Offered In PA For Info Leading To Killer (
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New details have been released and a $10,000 reward is being offered after two people were shot in a vehicle on Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania. A 41-year-old man from Brookhaven was killed and a 42-year-old man from Chester City was hospitalized after they were shot in a northbound vehicle at mile marker 1.6 in Upper Chichester around 1:20 a.m., on Oct. 7, Pennsylvania State Police explained. The passenger was rushed to Crozer Medical Center and the highway was closed for the criminal investigation on early Saturday morning, police detailed at the time. The roadway reopened just before noon …
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Mass
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(
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): Victim ID'd After Gunfire Erupts At PA Community Center
The man killed in a mass shooting at a Pennsylvania Community Center on Sunday morning has been identified. Jamar Montae Porterfield-Herriot Jr., 22, of Homestead, Pittsburgh died at the scene from his injuries, according to the Indian County Coroner's office. Shots rang out at the Chevy Chase Community Center in White Township, Indiana County around 12:35 a.m. on Oct. 8, Pennsylvania State Police confirm. The shooting happened at a party for some Indiana University of Pennsylvania students being held center, according to the police. Eleven hours after the shooting …
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PA Man Who Escaped Police Custody While In Hospital, Captured In SC
A man who fled from a Pennsylvania hospital while under guard of police has been recaptured in South Carolina, police announced on Oct. 3. Ishan Shamere Phinn, 27, has been charged with escape, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and resisting arrest after fleeing from the hospital, court records show. He was arrested on a warrant out of Gettysburg in connection with false identification to police in March, and a theft and drug incident that also led to Phinn endangering the welfare of children while acting as a parenting or guardian back in January and February…
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PA Marine Veteran's Road Rage Killer Still At Large, State Police Say
The gunman who shot and killed a US Marine Corps veteran on a Pennsylvania highway in 1980 was never identified, but state police believe he could still be caught. Donald Roy Wilt was just 26 years old when he was shot and killed on August 30, 1980. The former Marine and his wife Rosemary were on their way back from dinner in Grantsville, Fayette County, when they were westbound on Route 40 toward Henry Clay Township. At some point on the road, Wilt and a driver in a white Chrysler Cordoba became involved in an apparent road rage spat, witnesses told s…
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PA Girl's Disappearance Haunts Investigators Nearly 40 Years Later
Jolene Michelle Lakey was just steps from her Scranton home when she vanished nearly 40 years ago. The 11-year-old was walking back with a friend after visiting her sick mother at Mercy Hospital, now the Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital, on August 26, 1986, according to state police investigators. They parted ways after reaching her friend's house on Myrtle Street, and Lakey continued onto North Washington Avenue toward her home on the 1300 block. She never made it, say the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers. Witnesses reported that a child matching Lakey's…
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Danelo Cavalcante Updates: Search Status, Latest Sightings Of Escaped Pennsylvania Killer
It's been over a week since convicted murderer, Danelo Cavalcante, escaped from a Pennsylvania Prison — now the state police are offering the public a hefty reward for your help. The original reward offered for details about the 34-year-old Royersford fugitive's whereabouts was a combined $10,000, by the US Marshals, local, and state law enforcement. On Sept. 7, that total was increased to $20,000, according to state police. The convicted killer has been spotted on trail cameras in the woods of Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square with a backpack and a grey hoodie, which led to school closu…
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Newly 21-Year-Old PA Man Bludgeoned, Bloodied Shoved In Car:
Cold
CASE
Decades after David Allen Gross was found beaten and strangled to death in the trunk of his own car, state police investigators are still seeking answers. The Mount Pocono resident had celebrated his 21st birthday just days before Upper Mount Bethel police found his locked Chevrolet Monza at the Delaware Water Gap's Arrow Island Overlook off Route 611, according to troopers. In an archival report from the Allentown Morning Call, authorities said Gross was found in the back, under a tarp in a pool of blood just after 1 a.m. on Aug. 11, 1977. He had been strangled and …
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'Armed And Dangerous' Man Skips Court Date, PA State Police Say
An "armed and dangerous" fugitive is on the run after missing his Berks County court date, Pennsylvania State Police warn. Jonathan E. Polanco of Reading, 28, never showed up to the Court of Common Pleas for a final disposition hearing on Thursday, Aug. 24, said troopers in a release. He was facing charges including felony firearm offenses, fleeing police, and receiving stolen property in an alleged incident on June 26 of last year, state court records show. The 28-year-old stands 5-foot-9 and weighs 210 pounds with black hair and brown eyes, according to troopers. He has ties t…
Police & Fire
Reward Offered Accused Burglar Wanted For Multiple Felonies In West Chester
A man accused of multiple felony break-ins is sought by police in West Chester. Francis Timothy Bango is charged with burglary, attempted burglary, criminal trespassing, loitering and prowling, and related offenses, according to state police and public court records. The 23-year-old allegedly committed the offenses on Aug. 21, 2022, according to court documents. The West Chester resident is described as being 6-foot-2-inches tall, weighing 170 pounds, with black hair, and brown eyes, the police detailed in the release. A cash reward of an unnamed amount is available for inform…
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CASE: Gruesome Home Invasion Homicide Under Investigation In PA
Investigators are taking another look at a gruesome home invasion turned execution of a wealthy Pennsylvania man. Jeffrey Charles Horwith, 37, was the heir apparent to his father's Northampton-based business, Horwith Trucking Incorporated, state police say. He was headed to his North Whitehall home after a dinner at a local restaurant with his wife on July 29, 1988, according to Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers. When he arrived back home, Horwith was greeted by a masked gunman, according to an Allentown Morning Call article published a week after the fact. Horwith an…
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Troopers Seek Teen Who Ran Away In Traffic On I-76
A teenager who bolted from a stopped car on I-76 years ago is still missing, according to state police. Authorities say Julian Felix-Lebron was 16 years old when he suddenly ran from an idling car near Exit 340A around 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 19, 2021. At that time he was wearing a blue puffer coat with a hood over a white T-shirt with dark jeans, police said. Felix-Lebron is described as 5-foot-8 and 140 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. Troopers say that tipsters could be eligible for a cash reward. To submit a tip, call the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers at 1-800-472-8477 …
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Child Rapist With Superhero Tattoos Wanted By PA State Police
Pennsylvania State Police are seeking a convicted sex offender who they say hasn't kept up on his registration requirements. Matthew Charles Ross, 37, of Lehigh Township, was convicted of sexual abuse of children and dissemination in February 2018, according to the state Megan's Law website. He is 5-foot-10 and 290 pounds with blue eyes and a bald head, troopers say. He has tattoos, including: A "Star Wars flame skull wizard hat" on his left arm Song lyrics, Vegeta from "Dragon Ball," and the superhero Deadpool on his right arm A face on his chest A heart on his right …
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Cold
CASE: 1980 Murder In Surburban Philly Haunts Investigators
More than four decades have passed since Mark Barocas was found dead in his Bristol Borough apartment, and authorities are still searching for clues. Barocas, a 24-year-old forklift operator who moonlighted as a rock drummer, was found in his Cedar Street home with multiple stab wounds to his arms and chest on July 29, 1980, said Pennsylvania State Police in a release. Authorities were called to the home by an anonymous tipster, according to contemporaneous reporting by the Philadelphia Inquirer, and detectives believed the 24-year-old might have been dead for up to 12 hours whe…
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