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MURDER-SUICIDE: Police ID Husband, Wife Found Dead In Lancaster County Home MURDER-SUICIDE: Police ID Husband, Wife Found Dead In Lancaster County Home
Murder-suicide: Police ID Husband, Wife Found Dead In Lancaster County Home Police have identified the couple found dead in what they say was a murder-suicide in a Lancaster County home early Wednesday, April 10. Mark E. Shepherd, 71, shot his wife Diane L. Shepherd, 63, and then himself in their home on the 300 block of Sun Hill Road in Penn Township, bringing police to the scene just after 4 a.m., Northern Lancaster County Regional Police said. The couple's extended family was inside the home at the time of the incident. They told police that they awoke to a loud domestic-related argument between Mark and Diane occurring in a separate part of the home. Multi…
PA Man Driving On Drugs Charged For Killing His Mom In Crash: Police PA Man Driving On Drugs Charged For Killing His Mom In Crash: Police
PA Man Driving On Drugs Charged For Killing His Mom In Crash: Police A 20-year-old man who allegedly killed his mom while driving high on drugs, crashing on Route 322, has been charged, the Northern Lancaster Regional Police Department announced on Wednesday, Feb. 28.   Gavin Meical Kline's mom, 41-year-old Bethany Welch of Palmyra was in the passenger seat of a 2016 Kia Optima when it was involved in the crash with a commercial van and a tractor-trailer, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's office.  The deadly head-on collision happened on West 28th Division Highway (SR322) near the Lancaster and Lebanon County line just before 2:22 p.…
PA Man Who Killed Teen At Sunoco Gets Life In Prison 'Plus', DA Says PA Man Who Killed Teen At Sunoco Gets Life In Prison 'Plus', DA Says
PA Man Who Killed Teen At Sunoco Gets Life In Prison 'Plus', DA Says A man is going to spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a teenager at a Sunoco over an unpaid phone bill, the Lancaster District Attorney's office announced on Friday, Jan. 26.  Carlos Almanzar-Torres, now 23, who brutally killed Damian Santiago, 19, at the Sunoco located at 111 West Orange Street around 10 p.m. on Sunday, Mar. 11, 2022. He was sentenced on Jan. 23 after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder and two counts of recklessly endangering another person. “We are here for the actions of an angry man,” prosecuting Assistant District Attorney CJ Rest…
Sex Offender Shot Dead By US Marshals Trying To Serve Warrant For Elizabethtown Rape: DA Sex Offender Shot Dead By US Marshals Trying To Serve Warrant For Elizabethtown Rape: DA
Sex Offender Shot Dead By US Marshals Trying To Serve Warrant For Elizabethtown Rape: DA A man wanted on charges in connection with a violent rape in Elizabethtown Borough was shot dead in what the Lancaster County District Attorney's office is calling "an officer-involved shooting" on Thursday afternoon.  Shane Robert Kelec, 38 of the 1700 block of Stone Mill Road, Lancaster was wanted on rape and aggravated assault, among other changes for the terrifying incident that happened in the 900 block of Hedgewyck Lane, Elizabethtown, as detailed in the DA's original release. He had a firearm on him when members of the United States Marshals’ Eastern District Violent Crime…
PA Man Who Kept 'Bag Of Blood' After Brutal Killings, Burnings Learns His Fate: DA PA Man Who Kept 'Bag Of Blood' After Brutal Killings, Burnings Learns His Fate: DA
PA Man Who Kept 'Bag Of Blood' After Brutal Killings, Burnings Learns His Fate: DA A 39-year-old man has been sentenced for killing two men and burning their bodies in an attempt to cover up his crimes, according to a release by the Lancaster County District Attorney's office on Wednesday, Nov. 7. Ezequiel "Zeke" Almodovar of the 1500 block of Hunsecker Road was convicted of two counts of first-degree homicide, one count of reckless burning or exploding, two counts of abuse of a corpse, and one count of tampering with or fabricating on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, the DA previously said and court records confirmed.  The conviction cames at the end of an eight-day jur…
High Teen Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter For Crash Killing PA Dad Of 3: Police High Teen Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter For Crash Killing PA Dad Of 3: Police
High Teen Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter For Crash Killing PA Dad Of 3: Police A 19-year-old woman is accused of being on a Schedule One drug when she crashed her car into two motorcyclists — killing a father of three, authorities announced on Tuesday.  Molly Elora Duffy of Elizabethtown appeared before Magisterial District Judge Randall L. Miller for both her preliminary arraignment and hearing around 9:15 a.m. on Nov. 7, court records show.  Duffy is accused of driving under the influence of a Schedule One drug when her sedan struck two motorcycles at the intersection of River and Turnpike roads in Conoy Township around 2:18 p.m. on Apr…
Nearly 50 Years Later Cold Case Killing Of Central PA Newly Wed Solved: DA Nearly 50 Years Later Cold Case Killing Of Central PA Newly Wed Solved: DA
Nearly 50 Years Later Cold Case Killing Of Central PA Newly Wed Solved: DA In 1975 a 19-year-old newlywed was brutally murdered, but thanks to DNA evidence her alleged killer has been revealed, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams announced. Lancaster County's oldest cold case homicide was that of Lindy Sue Biechler whose "life was brutally taken away from her 46 years ago in the sanctity of her own home," DA Adams said.  David Vincent Sinopoli, now 69 of the 300 block of Faulkner Drive, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, aggravated assault, and burglary in connection with Biechler's death on Thursday, Oct. 19.  His plea comes …
Drunk PA Dad On Cocaine, THC Sentenced For Killing Son In Crash: DA Drunk PA Dad On Cocaine, THC Sentenced For Killing Son In Crash: DA
Drunk PA Dad On Cocaine, THC Sentenced For Killing Son In Crash: DA A Central Pennsylvania father has been sentenced to serve several years behind bars for a DUI homicide that killed his son, authorities announced on Oct. 16. Larry K. Rapp, 64, of the 200 block of E. Front Streetman, admitted to being drunk and high while driving a white Ford Bronco and striking three trees— killing his 41-year-old son Chad Rapp on Prospect Road, in West Hempfield Township at approximately 1:17 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams detailed in an updated release on Monday.  The police arrived and found the Bronco with "heavy front-end d…
PA Officers' Lives Were In 'Imminent Danger' When They Shot Armed Teen Dead PA Officers' Lives Were In 'Imminent Danger' When They Shot Armed Teen Dead
PA Officers' Lives Were In 'Imminent Danger' When They Shot Armed Teen Dead The police have been 'cleared' and will not be charged following the Lancaster District Attorney's office investigation into the "officer-involved" shooting death of a Black juvenile burglary suspect, according to a press release on Tuesday, Aug. 15.  Police shot and killed 17-year-old Darren Shaw of Lancaster on Aug. 6, according to the County Coroner's office.  Ten minutes after midnight, officers with the Lancaster Bureau of Police were called to a burglary in progress in the first block of West New Street, according to a release by the department.  The officers arri…
Amish Couple Killed When Horse-Buggy Struck By Truck In PA: Coroner Amish Couple Killed When Horse-Buggy Struck By Truck In PA: Coroner
Amish Couple Killed When Horse-Buggy Struck By Truck In PA: Coroner An Amish couple was killed when their horse-and-buggy was struck by a pick-up truck in Central Pennsylvania on Sunday, authorities say. Jacob M. Stoltzfus, 71, was driving the horse-drawn buggy west with his 70-year-old wife, Annie B. Beiler Stoltzfus riding along as a passenger near 528 Valley Road, Eden Township when they were struck at 5:55 a.m. on Aug. 6, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.  A 22-year-old driver of a tan 2002 Chevy Silverado attempted to pass the buggy on the left when he rear-ended the buggy, state troopers explained.  The horse continued t…
Amish Child Crushed To Death By Farm Wagon In PA ID'd (UPDATE) Amish Child Crushed To Death By Farm Wagon In PA ID'd (UPDATE)
Amish Child Crushed To Death By Farm Wagon In PA ID'd (Update) A 5-year-old has died after being run over by a farm wagon, authorities told Daily Voice.  The boy has been identified as Samuel K. Yoder, authorities confirmed to Daily Voice on Monday, July 31. He was struck and run over at a farm located in the 150 block of Fulton Britain Road in Little Britain Township, according to a Grothey. Emergency medical services were called to the scene at 10:20 a.m. on Monday, July 24, 2023, he explained. The first responders "attempted life-saving measures, but the boy ultimately succumbed to his injuries," he Grothey said. PSP Lancaster Criminal …
Baltimore Man Found Shot To Death On PA Highway: PSP Baltimore Man Found Shot To Death On PA Highway: PSP
Baltimore Man Found Shot To Death On PA Highway: PSP A 54-year-old Baltimore man has been identified after he was found shot to death along US 222 on April 23, 2023, in Lancaster County.  Miguel Vazquez-Ruiz's death was ruled a homicide by the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office. His body was found on U.S. 222 South, in Brecknock Township Lancaster County on Sunday near the Berks County line at mile marker 48.6, according to Pennsylvania State Police.  Investigators are looking for dash cam video or any witnesses who observed suspicious activity in the area, between the hours of 4:00 am and 7:00 am. PSP is also requesting that any b…
Chester Co. Man ID'd After Amazon Truck Crash On Lancaster Pike Chester Co. Man ID'd After Amazon Truck Crash On Lancaster Pike
Chester Co. Man ID'd After Amazon Truck Crash On Lancaster Pike Authorities say that a Chester County man died at the scene of a crash on Lancaster Pike on Wednesday, Feb. 8.  A deputy coroner arrived on the scene near Schoolhouse Road in Providence Township and pronounced 61-year-old Mark Slobodjian, from Nottingham, dead around 6 p.m., according to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office. Slobodjian had been driving his Chevrolet Equinox south and the tractor-trailer was heading north when— for an unknown reason, Slobodjian "swerved into the northbound lane causing a head-on collision,"  at 5:21 p.m., Pennsylvania State Trooper James Grothey states in …
Central PA Football Player's Former Girlfriend Charged Months After Deadly Crash, Suicide Central PA Football Player's Former Girlfriend Charged Months After Deadly Crash, Suicide
Central PA Football Player's Former Girlfriend Charged Months After Deadly Crash, Suicide Investigation details and new charges have been released in the shocking deaths of two Conestoga Valley High School football players who died over the weekend of June 25. Tyler Zook, a 17-year-old Senior at Conestoga Valley High School from Lancaster, was the driver of the 2014 Hyundai Sante Fe; his girlfriend Amalie Wendt, an 18-year-old 2022 CV graduate from Ronks was the front-seat passenger; and Tyreese Smith, a 16-year-old CV Junior from Lancaster, was a rear-seat passenger when the group was going over 90 mph in 40 mph zone of the 500 block of Willow Road around 12:13 a.m., according t…
Bulldozer Rolls Down Hill Crushing Man To Death In Central PA: Police Bulldozer Rolls Down Hill Crushing Man To Death In Central PA: Police
Bulldozer Rolls Down Hill Crushing Man To Death In Central PA: Police Imagine you're trimming trees and you suddenly hear the sounds of metal machinery rolling down a hill, and you're at the bottom. That's what happened to one man in Ephrata on Monday, Oct. 17 at approximately 2 p.m., authorities say. The Ephrata police had been called to a report of "a person run over by a bulldozer," the department stated in a release later that night. Emergency crews found "one man was killed after being struck by the bulldozer," in the 600 block of Mount Airy Road, West Cocalico Township, the police say.  Authorities soon learned that he was one of two men who had …
I-83 Driver Involved In Crash In Harrisburg Found Dead On Island In Lancaster Near 1 Year Later I-83 Driver Involved In Crash In Harrisburg Found Dead On Island In Lancaster Near 1 Year Later
I-83 Driver Involved In Crash In Harrisburg Found Dead On Island In Lancaster Near 1 Year Later A crash on Interstate 83, a missing Harrisburg man, and a skeleton found on an island in Lancaster nearly a year later, are all linked together authorities announced on Wednesday, Oct. 5.  Stephen Salazar had been involved in a crash in the northbound lanes of I-83 near the 2nd Street Exit on Dec. 23, 2021, at approximately 5:30 p.m., according to Lower Paxton Township police.  The Township police issued a missing person alert on Dec. 29 at 6:45 p.m., but the 61-year-old was never heard from again.  Salazar was described as a White man who was approximately 5'8" tall, heavy …
Baby, Woman From Maryland ID'd As Victims Of US Route 222 Crash: Report Baby, Woman From Maryland ID'd As Victims Of US Route 222 Crash: Report
Baby, Woman From Maryland ID'd As Victims Of US Route 222 Crash: Report An 8-month-old baby and 76-year-old woman from Maryland have been identified as the victims killed in the US Route 222 crash earlier this week, according to Lancaster Online. The cause of death for both baby Kimberly Babila and Bridgette Arrah, 76, of Prince George's, was accidental, the outlet said citing Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni. Records show Arrah also has ties to Manassas, VA. The crash happened between Exit: I-76 turnpike/PA 272 – PA Turnpike/Denver and Exit: US 322 – Blue Ball, on Tuesday, Sept. 27, according to PennDOT. The East Cocalico Township police were call…
Marine ID'd As Motorcyclist Killed In Central Pennsylvania Crash: Coroner Marine ID'd As Motorcyclist Killed In Central Pennsylvania Crash: Coroner
Marine ID'd As Motorcyclist Killed In Central Pennsylvania Crash: Coroner The motorcycle rider who died at the scene of a crash in central Pennsylvania on Saturday, August 20, has been identified by the Lancaster County Coroner's office. Ricardo Reyes, 35, of Mount Joy, was killed in the two-vehicle crash at 8:15 p.m., according to a release by the Lancaster County Forensic Center.  The Manor Township police were called to a crash involving a motorcycle at the intersection of Seitz and Manor Church roads at 7:22 p.m., according to a release by the department. The police officers "render aid to the motorcycle rider until Blue Rock FD and EMS arrived," as stated …
PA Dad Killed In Crash On His Dad's Birthday PA Dad Killed In Crash On His Dad's Birthday
PA Dad Killed In Crash On His Dad's Birthday A Pennsylvania father died on his father's birthday, according to his family.  William "Mikey" Mullen, 41, of Parkesburg, died at the scene of a two-vehicle crash in Sadsbury Township at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 6, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. Mullen was driving his 2013 Mercedes-Benz GLK 350 east in the 5400 block of Strasburg Road when— for an unknown reason— he swerved into opposing traffic, striking the front tire of Deborah L. Williams, 57, of Coatsville's 2013 Toyota Avalon, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police.  He then continued to drive …
Beloved Mom Of Three ID’d As Woman Killed In Crash Into Tractor-Trailer In Central PA: Coroner Beloved Mom Of Three ID’d As Woman Killed In Crash Into Tractor-Trailer In Central PA: Coroner
Beloved Mom Of Three ID’d As Woman Killed In Crash Into Tractor-Trailer In Central PA: Coroner A 49-year-old woman has been identified as the driver who crashed into the rear end of a tractor-trailer along Route 222 in Ephrata on Saturday, June 25, authorities say. Amy Freytiz, of Shillington, was traveling at a high rate of speed in the southbound lanes when she rear-ended the tractor-trailer near mile marker 42 around 2 a.m., police say. Freytiz’s car caught fire upon impact, and she died at the scene, according to the Lancaster County coroner’s office. She died due to “multiple traumatic injuries with smoke inhalation and thermal burns. The manner of death was ruled accidental,” …
Three Victims Of 2 Fatal Route 30 Crashes IDd By Coroner Three Victims Of 2 Fatal Route 30 Crashes IDd By Coroner
Three Victims Of 2 Fatal Route 30 Crashes IDd By Coroner The identities of the three people killed in two separate crashes along Route 30 have been released by the Lancaster County Coroner’s office. Both crashes happened on Nov. 10, in West Hempfield Township near the Prospect Road interchange, as Daily Voice reported at the time. The first crash occurred when Tinnell Davis Jr., 23, of Baltimore, Maryland, and Cayla Raye, 23, of Aberdeen, Maryland, who were in a Honda Accord, crossed the grass median and hit a box truck, according to police. The crash happened on Route 30 eastbound near Prospect Road shortly after 9 a.m., as Daily Voice previ…
PA Student, Child Actor Matthew Mindler Died Of Food Preservative Toxicity, Coroner Says PA Student, Child Actor Matthew Mindler Died Of Food Preservative Toxicity, Coroner Says
PA Student, Child Actor Matthew Mindler Died Of Food Preservative Toxicity, Coroner Says Former child actor and Millersville University student Matthew Mindler died from complications of sodium nitrate toxicity, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. His death had already been ruled a suicide, as Daily Voice previously reported. Sodium nitrate is used to preserve meat like beef jerky, lunch meat or bacon and can be toxic in large amounts, according to the National Library of Medicine. In what form and how Mindler found the sodium nitrate was not released by the police or the coroner. Mindler, 19, was last seen alive leaving his residence hall, West Villages, head…
Homicide Charge For PA Man Whose Wife Was Found Dead In Bathtub Homicide Charge For PA Man Whose Wife Was Found Dead In Bathtub
Homicide Charge For PA Man Whose Wife Was Found Dead In Bathtub A new charge has been filed for a Central Pennsylvania man whose wife was found dead in a bathtub on Thursday night, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's office. Christopher Alexander Mello, 39, of Elizabethtown, was initially charged with aggravated assault in connection to a domestic incident at his home. Following the autopsy of Mello's wife by the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s office authorized that the charge be amended to Criminal Homicide. He denied bail due to the nature of the charges and will remain their …
PA Parents Charged With Murder In 4-Month-Old Baby's Drowning PA Parents Charged With Murder In 4-Month-Old Baby's Drowning
PA Parents Charged With Murder In 4-Month-Old Baby's Drowning Two parents from Lancaster County were charged with murder after their 4-month-old baby drowned in a bathtub last May, authorities announced. David Lamar Meadows, 27, of Ronks, was arrested Friday morning in West Earl Township by Pennsylvania State Police while Amy Elizabeth Manning, 29, of Ronks was apprehended in Nashville, Tennessee by Nashville Metro Police Department on Saturday.  Pennsylvania State Police were called to the Roadway Inn on Lincoln Highway in East Paradise on reports of a baby that drowned in a bathtub on May 20, and met with the child's parents in the parking lot,…
Head Of  Dismembered 'Cadaver Doll' Dad Found In PA Freezer Head Of  Dismembered 'Cadaver Doll' Dad Found In PA Freezer
Head Of Dismembered 'Cadaver Doll' Dad Found In PA Freezer What was first reported as a suspicious death, has been revealed to be a disturbing murder. Donald Lawrence Meshey Jr., 32, of Lancaster was arrested on Wednesday after admitting to police that he stabbed and Dismembered his father, according to Lancaster city police. Police were called to a welfare check at 202 West Strawberry Street on Wednesday at 8:51 a.m. The woman that made the call said she was "concerned for the welfare of family members at the residence, after one of the residents, Donald Meshey Jr., told her that there was a cadaver in one of the beds in the home and there was a …
Coroner: Missing Pennsylvania Amish Woman Was Strangled, Stabbed Coroner: Missing Pennsylvania Amish Woman Was Strangled, Stabbed
Coroner: Missing Pennsylvania Amish Woman Was Strangled, Stabbed The Lancaster County Coroner's office has confirmed the human remains found on Wednesday are Linda Stolzfoos The positive identification was made with dental records. The cause of death was determined to be asphyxia due to strangulation. A knife wound to the neck was a contributing factor. The Lancaster District Attorney shared more details about the human remains discovered while searching for Linda Stolzfoos on Wednesday. Authorities were searching for Stolzfoos, who went missing while walking home from church on Beechdale Road in Bird-in-Hand, East Lampeter Township, last June, when re…
Coroner: Missing Pennsylvania Amish Woman Was Strangled, Stabbed Coroner: Missing Pennsylvania Amish Woman Was Strangled, Stabbed
Coroner: Missing Pennsylvania Amish Woman Was Strangled, Stabbed The Lancaster County Coroner's office has confirmed the human remains found on Wednesday are Linda Stolzfoos The positive identification was made with dental records. The cause of death was determined to be asphyxia due to strangulation. A knife wound to the neck was a contributing factor. The Lancaster District Attorney shared more details about the human remains discovered while searching for Linda Stolzfoos on Wednesday. Authorities were searching for Stolzfoos, who went missing while walking home from church on Beechdale Road in Bird-in-Hand, East Lampeter Township, last June, when …
Body Found In Susquehanna River Body Found In Susquehanna River
Body Found In Susquehanna River Authorities in Lancaster County are investigating the Susquehanna River after a body was found Friday morning, PennLive reports. Emergency responders were called around 10:25 a.m. to the area of the river that flows through Conoy Township, according to county dispatchers. Dispatchers called the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office to the scene, PennLive reports. No further information was provided. This is a developing story.