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Human Remains Found In 1994 Identified As Northeast Philly Woman: PSP Human Remains Found In 1994 Identified As Northeast Philly Woman: PSP
Human Remains Found In 1994 Identified As Northeast Philly Woman: PSP A body found during mine reclamation work in Luzerne County 30 years ago has finally been identified, state police announced Tuesday, Feb. 20.  Margaret Carol Wininger was the "Sugarloaf Jane Doe," troopers wrote in a release.  Wininger's remains were found badly decomposed off of Tomhicken Road in Sugarloaf Township on Dec. 12, 1994, authorities said. The condition of the remains prevented investigators from identifying her, or even learning her cause of death, for decades, officials explained.  A 1996 clay rendering of the "Sugarloaf Jane Doe," based on Margaret Carol …
PA Wife Not Bitten By Goose, Charged With Murder In 35-Year-Old Cold Case Of Shot Husband PA Wife Not Bitten By Goose, Charged With Murder In 35-Year-Old Cold Case Of Shot Husband
PA Wife Not Bitten By Goose, Charged With Murder In 35-Year-Old Cold Case Of Shot Husband In 1987 Carl Jarvis was shot in the back of his head, 35 years later, his wife Judith Ann Jarvis, was arrested on a murder charge, authorities announced on Tuesday, Dec. 13., 2022.  Judith had called the police during a supposed domestic dispute on Aug. 19, 1987, around midnight, according to Pennsylvania state police.  Carl was later found naked with two gunshot wounds to the head in a bedroom in their home, police explain. A .22 caliber revolver with a six-inch barrel and a two-inch trigger guard was found on the bed, according to police. During the autopsy, it was de…
Notorious NJ Serial Killer Charged With Murder Of Dance Teacher At Popular Long Island Mall Notorious NJ Serial Killer Charged With Murder Of Dance Teacher At Popular Long Island Mall
Notorious NJ Serial Killer Charged With Murder Of Dance Teacher At Popular Long Island Mall Another female victim has been added to the list of imprisoned 75-year-old New Jersey serial killer Richard Cottingham, thanks to advances in DNA technology. Cottingham was arraigned on Long Island via videoconference Wednesday from South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton for the 1968 slaying of a New Hyde Park woman in the parking lot of the popular Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream. He entered a not-guilty plea to murder charges in the death of Diane Cusick, a 23-year-old divorced single mom who worked as a dance instructor. Cottingham, a married father of three who’d lived in Lodi and wor…