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Found Skull Matched To Central PA Woman Missing 16+ Years, DA Says Found Skull Matched To Central PA Woman Missing 16+ Years, DA Says
Found Skull Matched To Central PA Woman Missing 16+ Years, DA Says A skull found in 2020 has been DNA matched to a woman who went missing in 2007, the Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo told Daily Voice on Tuesday, Feb. 20.  Heike Leich was 47 when she wandered away from the home she shared with her common-law husband, Jonathan Hawthorne, in the 7900 block of Fishing Creek Valley Road in West Hanover Township at 7:30 p.m. on August 8, 2007, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. Hawthorne reported her missing, noting that she left behind her ID, purse, and medication — she had been diagnosed as bipolar and previously requ…
Skull Found In PA Pond Was That Of 2004 Attempted Murder Suspect, Officials Say Skull Found In PA Pond Was That Of 2004 Attempted Murder Suspect, Officials Say
Skull Found In PA Pond Was That Of 2004 Attempted Murder Suspect, Officials Say A human skull discovered in an Amity Township pond has been identified as belonging to a missing attempted murder suspect, Berks County prosecutors say.  The skull was found by a child in a body of water near Pine Lane in April 2022, the District Attorney's Office wrote in a release Wednesday, Jan. 31. Two follow-up searches of the pond turned up no other human remains, authorities said.  Investigators believed the skull was that of Roger Hart, a former Pottstown resident who went missing in 2004 after he was charged with trying to kill his wife at their home. Hart fled the s…
Human Remains Found In Luzerne County Identified As Wilkes-Barre Teen Girl Who Vanished In 1969 Human Remains Found In Luzerne County Identified As Wilkes-Barre Teen Girl Who Vanished In 1969
Human Remains Found In Luzerne County Identified As Wilkes-Barre Teen Girl Who Vanished In 1969 Pennsylvania State Police have identified the human remains found in Luzerne County nearly 10 years ago as a teenage girl who went missing in 1969, they announced Tuesday, Oct. 4. The remains were discovered on Nov. 17, 2012, by individuals digging for relics on the grounds of a former coal-mining operation in Newport Township, state police said.  Authorities now know they belong to Joan Marie Dymond, who was 14 years old when she disappeared from Andover Street Park on June 25, 1969. An examination determined the remains were those of a female, estimated to be in her mid-te…
FAMILY AFFAIR: Brothers, Cousin Charged In 2020 Murder Of Suburban Philly Man FAMILY AFFAIR: Brothers, Cousin Charged In 2020 Murder Of Suburban Philly Man
Family Affair: Brothers, Cousin Charged In 2020 Murder Of Suburban Philly Man Three family members were arrested nearly two years after their alleged involvement in a staged robbery that claimed the life of a 73-year-old man in the Philadelphia suburbs, authorities said. Raheem Pinder, 46, of Pottstown, Dayon Pinder, 44, of West Chester, and Nathaniel Pinder, 49, of Philadelphia, – two brothers and a cousin – have been charged with murder, robbery, burglary, conspiracy, and related offenses in the 2020 death of Ira Solomon in Phoenixville, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. "The abundance of home security footage provided to investigators …
PA Wedding DJ Who Confessed To Teacher's 1992 Murder Now Says He's Innocent PA Wedding DJ Who Confessed To Teacher's 1992 Murder Now Says He's Innocent
PA Wedding DJ Who Confessed To Teacher's 1992 Murder Now Says He's Innocent A Central Pennsylvania wedding DJ who two years ago pleaded guilty in the 1992 killing of school teacher Christy Mirack is changing his story: He's innocent, he says. Lancaster's Raymond Rowe -- otherwise known as DJ Freez -- in 2019 pleaded guilty to first degree murder and was sentenced to life without parole plus 60 to 120 years. The 52-year-old wedding DJ's lawyers last week submitted documentation alleging his innocence, requesting for new DNA testing in the homicide case. Rowe previously said that after the state sought the death penalty, he "had no choice but to plead guilty." …
West Manchester Police Use DNA Data To Create New Sketch Images To Solve Cold Case West Manchester Police Use DNA Data To Create New Sketch Images To Solve Cold Case
West Manchester Police Use DNA Data To Create New Sketch Images To Solve Cold Case The West Manchester Township Police in conjunction with the DNA Doe Project, have used new technology to create updated sketches of a cold- case murder victim. The skeletal remains were found at Haviland and Loucks Rd in West Manchester Township in Nov. 2013. The police have continuously investigated this case, entering information into genealogy websites and gathering DNA from the man's body. With the help of the DNA Doe Project police have learned that the victim in this case is 75% Sub-Saharan African and 7% North Atlantic. "This means our victim was black and may have had a Caucasi…