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Harrisburg Human Remains ID'd As Missing Highspire Grandpa: Officials Harrisburg Human Remains ID'd As Missing Highspire Grandpa: Officials
Harrisburg Human Remains ID'd As Missing Highspire Grandpa: Officials A beloved 73-year-old grandfather has been identified as the human remains children found in a Central Pennsylvania park, officials announced on Friday.  Robert Turner of Highspire was identified by "circumstantial evidence" after failed attempts to make a DNA profile, according to Dauphin County Coroner Graham Hetrick in a statement by county officials on Sept. 8, 2023.  Robert had been reported missing by his family on May 7, 2019.  Robert Turner is STILL MISSING in PENNSYLVANIA since May... Posted by Missing Persons Cases Network on Monday, May 27, 2019 Children fishing and playing…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Children Find Human Remains In Harrisburg Park Children Find Human Remains In Harrisburg Park
Children Find Human Remains In Harrisburg Park Children fishing and playing in a Harrisburg area park found human remains, police announced on Friday, June 23, 2023. The children found the bones "in a heavily wooded section of Reservoir Park," on Thursday, June 21, 2023, according to the Highspire Borough Police Department.  Citizen's Fire Company #1 of Highspire came to the scene to help clear the brush and provided lighting so that Highspire Police and the Dauphin County Forensic Team could process the scene. The Dauphin County Coroner's Office was called and confirmed the bones were human remains.  "No identification has …

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Mayor Wants To Dive Into $13M COVID Relief Funds For Splashy Renovations To Pools PA Mayor Wants To Dive Into $13M COVID Relief Funds For Splashy Renovations To Pools
PA Mayor Wants To Dive Into $13M COVID Relief Funds For Splashy Renovations To Pools A Pennsylvania mayor is looking for the public's input about possibly renovating pools using COVID-19 relief funds, is the community ready to take the plunge? Harrisburg mayor Eric Papenfuse announced the plan to use $13 million of American Rescue Plan funds to renovate and restore the city's pools but he wants public input before moving forward.  Harrisburg's pools were built in the 1960s "in the aftermath of racial unrest and have survived past their expected life expectancies," Papenfuse said. "The pools play an important role in serving the community...whether it is providing recr…

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by Jillian Pikora