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Man Shot Dead At North Philly Boarding House, Detectives Say Man Shot Dead At North Philly Boarding House, Detectives Say
Man Shot Dead At North Philly Boarding House, Detectives Say One man was shot to death in a North Philadelphia boarding house on Tuesday night, Feb. 20, city police told Daily Voice.  It happened on the 5400 block of North 5th Street just after 8 p.m., authorities said.  The victim, 21, was found with a single gunshot wound to the head and pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. His name was not reported.  No weapons were recovered and no arrests have been made, PPD added. The killing remains under investigation. 
COLD CASE: Bucks County Killer Still Sought After 56 Years COLD CASE: Bucks County Killer Still Sought After 56 Years
Cold CASE: Bucks County Killer Still Sought After 56 Years More than 50 years after she was beaten to death, Alice Swope's killer eludes police.  The 82-year-old was found beaten to death in her Dark Hollow Road home in Pipersville on Jan. 25, 1968, according to state troopers.  She was discovered by a Bell Telephone repairman who had come to check the line and a neighbor who let him in, the Allentown Morning Call reported in a 1974 retrospective.  They found the phone off the hook downstairs and Swope dead in her bed upstairs, the newspaper wrote. She had been beaten with a broom handle and then a standing coatrack, the Mornin…
Unsolved Murder Of Postal Worker In Mamaroneck Is Focus Of National Crime Podcast Episode Unsolved Murder Of Postal Worker In Mamaroneck Is Focus Of National Crime Podcast Episode
Unsolved Murder Of Postal Worker In Mamaroneck Is Focus Of National Crime Podcast Episode The unsolved stabbing death of a 36-year-old postal worker at a Westchester residence is the subject of the latest episode of a weekly national true crime audio podcast series.  The newest episode of the true crime podcast "APB Cold Case," released on Wednesday, Jan. 10, focuses on the 2007 murder of 36-year-old Stephen Spina in Mamaroneck, which remains unsolved.  Earlier Report - Daughter Searches For Answers 10 Years After Father's Murder In Mamaroneck During the episode, listeners will get to hear from the case detective currently leading the investigation into…
Ax Murder Cold Case: $5K Reward Offered In Poconos Bartender's 1981 Slaying Ax Murder Cold Case: $5K Reward Offered In Poconos Bartender's 1981 Slaying
Ax Murder Cold Case: $5K Reward Offered In Poconos 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…
Haddon Township Woman's Body Found, Police Seek Info Haddon Township Woman's Body Found, Police Seek Info
Haddon Township Woman's Body Found, Police Seek Info A 26-year-old woman was found dead in Camden County and police are seeking the public's help in figuring out how she died, authorities said. Cathleen McGrath's body was discovered on Wednesday, Nov. 15, in Camden City, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez. At approximately 2 p.m., Camden County Police Department received a 911 call for the report of a body found near 8 Street and Atlantic Avenue in Camden, they said. Police were met by witnesses who had located the woman’s body. After further …
Cold Case: Police Asking For Help, Clues In 2008 Poughkeepsie Murder Cold Case: Police Asking For Help, Clues In 2008 Poughkeepsie Murder
Cold Case: Police Asking For Help, Clues In 2008 Poughkeepsie Murder Police in the Hudson Valley are asking the public for help solving a 15-year-old murder that has kept detectives digging for clues for years.  The murder of Dutchess County resident David Green took place in the city of Poughkeepsie on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008, inside an apartment on South Hamilton Street. The 42-year-old Green, known as "Dee Dee" to all, was found strangled to death after officers from the city of Poughkeepsie Police responded to a call for a deceased man inside an apartment, said Det. Lt. Matt Clark of the Poughkeepsie Police Department. David "Dee Dee" GreenCity of …
COLD CASE: Answers Sought In 1976 Bucks County Murder COLD CASE: Answers Sought In 1976 Bucks County Murder
Cold CASE: Answers Sought In 1976 Bucks County Murder Nearly half a century after his body was located on the side of a Bucks County highway, investigators are still seeking Terrance Schonleber's killer.  The 25-year-old was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds on the north shoulder of Interstate 276 in Upper Southampton on July 15, 1976, state police detectives say.  During the initial investigation, police learned that Schonleber "was involved in criminal activity" with various "associates" in New Jersey and greater Philadelphia, troopers said.  At the time he died, police said the 25-year-old was wanted in the Garden S…
Grim Anniversary: Police Hope To Find Answers In 50 Year Old Andover Slaying Grim Anniversary: Police Hope To Find Answers In 50 Year Old Andover Slaying
Grim Anniversary: Police Hope To Find Answers In 50 Year Old Andover Slaying Police have renewed their call for information on the death of a teenage girl whose body was found in Essex County 50 years ago this week.  Judith (Merenda) Cadorette, age 19, was found in Andover near the ramp from Route 93 South to Route 133 West on July 6, 1973, Massachusetts State police said. She was last seen at a Holiday Inn in Tewksbury four days earlier.  The road near where she was found runs directly through Tewksbury.  Despite the time, police haven't given up hope. Investigators renewed their call for tips and information on Thursday, July 6, on the gr…
Widow Calls On Community For Help Hunting Down Husband's Silver Spring Parking Garage Killer Widow Calls On Community For Help Hunting Down Husband's Silver Spring Parking Garage Killer
Widow Calls On Community For Help Hunting Down Husband's Silver Spring Parking Garage Killer Months after 62-year-old Charles Joseph Reynolds was gunned down inside a Montgomery County parking garage, his family, and the police, are still looking for answers. On Wednesday, Dec. 21 last year, what began as a day of celebration for the Reynolds family ended in tragedy in downtown Silver Spring when the father of three was killed by an unknown assailant while bringing leftovers to his car in the garage. TODAY: Chief Jones, Captain Gagen & Karis Hastings, wife of Charles Joseph Reynolds, request the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect(s) in the Wayne Ave. homicide th…
Cold Case: Police ID 'Granby Girl' 45 Years After Her Body Was Found In Western Mass Cold Case: Police ID 'Granby Girl' 45 Years After Her Body Was Found In Western Mass
Cold Case: Police ID 'Granby Girl' 45 Years After Her Body Was Found In Western Mass For nearly 45 years, police in Massachusetts only knew the body of a woman found shot in a wooded area in the Hampshire County town of Granby simply as the "Granby Girl."  They now know the Connecticut resident's name, but who killed the 28-year-old and left her out there remains a mystery.  Patricia Ann Tucker was identified as the "Granby Girl" at a press conference on Monday, March 6. Northwestern Massachusetts First Assistant District Attorney Steven E. Gagne announced the findings with some of Tucker's family in attendance.  Gagne said investigators IDed the 28-year-old…
Jody LeCornu's Killer Still On The Loose 27 Years After She Fought For Her Life Jody LeCornu's Killer Still On The Loose 27 Years After She Fought For Her Life
Jody LeCornu's Killer Still On The Loose 27 Years After She Fought For Her Life Police are asking for the public's help finding answers after a Maryland woman's murder has been left unsolved for nearly 30 years. In the early morning hours of March 2, 1996, officers with the Baltimore County Police Department found 23-year-old Joann “Jody” Elizabeth LeCornu suffering from a gunshot wound in the 6300 block of York Road. Investigators determined that LeCornu had gone out to visit the Mount Washington Tavern and the Curb Shoppe Bar before her life was cut short 27-years-ago. After leaving the Curb Shoppe Bar, LeCornu drove to the Drumcastle Shopping Center on York Road, w…
Answers Sought In Bucks Woman's Mysterious 1960 Killing Answers Sought In Bucks Woman's Mysterious 1960 Killing
Answers Sought In Bucks Woman's Mysterious 1960 Killing It's been more than 60 years since Helen Drummond Fischer was killed, and detectives are still looking for answers.  The 55-year-old was found deadwith "numerous injuries" in her Pebble Hill Road home in Doylestown on Feb. 17, 1960, said investigators with the Pennsylvania State Police.  A Chicago native, Fischer ran her own travel agency business out of her house, police said. She was planning to divorce her estranged husband, the late "millionaire industrialist" Kermit Fischer, and was pressing assault charges against him at the time of her death, police said.  Helen Drumm…
Boston Cold Case From 70's Reopened, Police Ask For Public's Help Boston Cold Case From 70's Reopened, Police Ask For Public's Help
Boston Cold Case From 70's Reopened, Police Ask For Public's Help An almost 50-year-old murder case is being reviewed by modern-day detectives who hope someone will step up with information that could finally identify the circumstances of the homicide, officials say.  A body found on August 23, 1975 in the Madison Park area was determined to be 61-year-old Ruth Bayla Pearson, of Newton, according to the Boston Police Department. She died after receiving multiple gunshot wounds.  Two weeks after the discovery of her body, her 1972 red Camaro was found in the Orchard Park Development.  Pearson was described as looking younger than her age an…
Holly Piirainen Killing: Tank Top At Center Of 30-Year-Old Cold Case, Hampden DA Says Holly Piirainen Killing: Tank Top At Center Of 30-Year-Old Cold Case, Hampden DA Says
Holly Piirainen Killing: Tank Top At Center Of 30-Year-Old Cold Case, Hampden DA Says The Hampden County District Attorney is asking the public to help police identify who owned a white tank top found near the body of 10-year-old Holly Piirainen in 1993.  The shirt has the word Boston written across the chest in purple, pink, and blue letters, District Attorney Anthony Gulluni showed during a press conference on Wednesday morning, Feb. 1. Though the tank top lacks a tag or any identifying marks that could help investigators figure out if it belonged to a man or woman or where it was manufactured. He hopes someone will recognize it and reach out to police.  Hampden Distri…
Police Ask Public's Help In Investigation Of Fatal Shooting Of 19-Year-Old In Ramapo Police Ask Public's Help In Investigation Of Fatal Shooting Of 19-Year-Old In Ramapo
Police Ask Public's Help In Investigation Of Fatal Shooting Of 19-Year-Old In Ramapo On the third anniversary of the shooting death of a 19-year-old, police in Rockland County are looking for the public's help in finding those responsible. Ramapo Police are actively investigating the shooting death of Nicholas Jasiel, of Nanuet, on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, on Dwight Avenue in Hillcrest. According to police, Jasiel was found lying on the ground at the intersection of Dwight Avenue and Mallory Road following the confrontation. The 2018 Clarkstown South High School graduate died two later at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. Earlier report: Police A…
Chesco Cold Case Killer Sought By State Police Chesco Cold Case Killer Sought By State Police
Chesco Cold Case Killer Sought By State Police Do you know this man?  Vincente Lopez, now believed to be 79, is the top suspect in an unsolved Chester County murder from more than 40 years ago, Pennsylvania State Police said in a release.  Investigators believe Lopez was riding through Marlborough Township in an orange Chevrolet Nova on July 31, 1987.  The car, driven by a now-deceased friend, stopped in front of a boarding house for mushroom farm workers on Schoolhouse Road. Lopez was sitting in the passenger seat, police said.  Lopez began a conversation with a man outside the car, but the two began to argue, aut…
Police Seek Witnesses 2 Years After Annapolis Teen's Party Slaying Police Seek Witnesses 2 Years After Annapolis Teen's Party Slaying
Police Seek Witnesses 2 Years After Annapolis Teen's Party Slaying The anniversary of the unsolved murder of a North Carolina teen who was attending an Annapolis party prompts investigators to once again urge the public for more information, authorities say. Justin Keith Beasley Jr., 19, was attending an apparent Fourth of July party when he was shot shortly after 12:30 a.m. on the 1600 block of Cananaro Drive on Sunday, July 5, 2020, according to Anne Arundel police. Officers encountered a large crowd of people upon arrival to the scene, where they located Beasley and another teenage boy suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body.  Both males …
Police Reopen Cold Case Of Hair Stylist Fatally Beaten At Salon In Town Of Newburgh Police Reopen Cold Case Of Hair Stylist Fatally Beaten At Salon In Town Of Newburgh
Police Reopen Cold Case Of Hair Stylist Fatally Beaten At Salon In Town Of Newburgh New York State Police are renewing efforts to solve the 18-year-old murder of a Hudson Valley hair stylist and mother of two killed inside her salon. Orange County resident Yvonne Torch was found dead on the morning of June 9, 2004 inside of His and Hers Salon on SR-9W in the Town of Newburgh, according to police. Investigators said the 31-year-old owner and operator had been brutally beaten to death. Torch’s husband of 13 years, Pierre, told NBC’s Dateline that police initially considered him a suspect in the killing but eventually ruled him out after three weeks of “sheer hell.” Despite…
Unsolved Murder Of Baltimore Teen Prompts $8K Reward Offer Unsolved Murder Of Baltimore Teen Prompts $8K Reward Offer
Unsolved Murder Of Baltimore Teen Prompts $8K Reward Offer An unsolved murder of a Baltimore teen last April has prompted detectives to offer an $8,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest in the case, authorities say. Kwalin Ray, 18, was shot and killed on the 1500 block of East 28th Street, around 7:31 p.m. on April 3, Baltimore Police say. Anyone with information is urged to contact Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7Lockup.
STILL UNSOLVED: Police Seek Clues Years After Brutal Homicide Of New Morris County Mom, 28 STILL UNSOLVED: Police Seek Clues Years After Brutal Homicide Of New Morris County Mom, 28
Still Unsolved: Police Seek Clues Years After Brutal Homicide Of New Morris County Mom, 28 Investigators continue to search for clues more than 50 years after the brutal killing of a 28-year-old mother in Morris County. Joyce Coleman was found dead as officers responded to her husband’s call at 245 Bartley Rd. in Washington Township around 1 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28, 1970, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office said. Coleman was a young mother, and her baby was found unharmed, the MCPO said. According to a recent review of the case from AshMysteries, the home was also ransacked, and Coleman’s cause of deal was ruled “multiple blunt injuries to the head, face, and neck.”  C…
Police Ask Help In Probe Of Hudson Valley School Administrator's Fatal Shooting Police Ask Help In Probe Of Hudson Valley School Administrator's Fatal Shooting
Police Ask Help In Probe Of Hudson Valley School Administrator's Fatal Shooting Twenty-five years after the murder of a senior school district administrator in the Hudson Valley, the New York State Police are still working the case and asking the public for help. Saturday, Feb. 5 marks the anniversary of the murder of Dutchess County resident Richard H. Aderson, age 47, of LaGrange, which remains unsolved. According to state police, troopers responded on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1997, to I-84 in the town of Fishkill, after Aderson contacted 911 and reported that he had been shot. Aderson, a former assistant superintendent for the Valley Central School District, was traveli…
20 Years Later, Detectives Still Pursue Cold-Blooded Christmastime Killing Of Clifton Grandma 20 Years Later, Detectives Still Pursue Cold-Blooded Christmastime Killing Of Clifton Grandma
20 Years Later, Detectives Still Pursue Cold-Blooded Christmastime Killing Of Clifton Grandma Before the explosion of social media and cold-case TV shows and streams, a beloved grandmother was stabbed dead in her Clifton home. Known for her generous volunteer work, Gertrude Bizarro, 72, was the matriarch of her family and the de facto grandmother of her Dutch Hill neighborhood, a row of two-story homes near the Passaic border. She was "all-around great woman loved by many," recalled Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken, who knew her. Twenty years ago this Saturday, Bizarro's husband took their youngest daughter to a hair appointment in anticipation of a Christmas gathering i…
$20,000 Reward Offered In Hudson Valley Murder Case $20,000 Reward Offered In Hudson Valley Murder Case
$20,000 Reward Offered In Hudson Valley Murder Case Police in the Hudson Valley are offering a $20,000 reward for an arrest in the 20-year-old murder of an area woman. On Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001, Nancy Smith, a 32-year-old Orange County resident was found dead in her house on Provost Drive in New Windsor. According to New Windsor Police Deputy Chief Michael Farbent, on that day, Smith’s parents received a call from her office saying that she had not shown up to work at the Horton Hospital in Middletown.  Concerned, they went to check at her New Windsor home where they found her dead on the living room floor, Farbent said…
STILL UNSOLVED: Police Seek Clues Years After Parsippany Business Owner Killed In Own Driveway STILL UNSOLVED: Police Seek Clues Years After Parsippany Business Owner Killed In Own Driveway
Still Unsolved: Police Seek Clues Years After Parsippany Business Owner Killed In Own Driveway Investigators continue to search for clues 25 years after a beloved Morris County business owner was shot and killed in his own driveway. Richard Breitbarth, 48, was shot several times and hit with a blunt instrument in the driveway of his home at 17 Baird Pl. in Whippany on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1996 between 8:35 p.m. and 8:45 p.m., the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office said. Breitbarth was the owner and president of Biophase Systems, Inc., located at 259 New Rd. in Parsippany. He had just returned from a trip to the grocery store, authorities said. The case was ruled a homicide, and no arre…
STILL UNSOLVED: Police Seek Clues Decades After Finding Man’s Body On Madison Train Platform STILL UNSOLVED: Police Seek Clues Decades After Finding Man’s Body On Madison Train Platform
Still Unsolved: Police Seek Clues Decades After Finding Man’s Body On Madison Train Platform Investigators continue to search for clues nearly four decades after the finding the body of a murdered man on a Madison train platform. The body of James Wescoe, 34, was found on the train platform by an employee at the Madison Train Station in Madison around 3:15 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 21, 1982, the Morris County Prosecutor’s office said. Wescoe, of Charnwood Avenue in New Providence, NJ, had been at the Park Tavern in Madison around 12:30 that morning, authorities said. Wescoe was last seen alive walking alone on Lincoln Avenue around 12:50 a.m. The case was ruled a homicide, and no ar…
6 Decades Later, Morris County Homicide Of Brooklyn Man, 29, Remains Unsolved 6 Decades Later, Morris County Homicide Of Brooklyn Man, 29, Remains Unsolved
6 Decades Later, Morris County Homicide Of Brooklyn Man, 29, Remains Unsolved More than six decades after the body of a 29-year-old Brooklyn man was discovered in the back seat of a car in Morris County, authorities continue to seek answers in hopes of making an arrest. Hyman Goldstein, of South First Street in Brooklyn, was found dead in the back of a sedan parked on Swamp Road in East Hanover Township on Monday, July 19, 1954, according to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office. The vehicle was stolen from Newark earlier that day around 6:45 p.m., authorities said. It’s been exactly 67 years since Goldstein’s body was found. The case was ruled a homicide and …
Molly Bish Family Wants DNA Submitted To Ancestory Websites In Search For Killer Molly Bish Family Wants DNA Submitted To Ancestory Websites In Search For Killer
Molly Bish Family Wants DNA Submitted To Ancestory Websites In Search For Killer The family of Molly Bish - a teenage victim of an unsolved murder 20 years ago - is seeking a change in how police investigate mysterious homicides. In Boston, the Bish family is pushing for the passage of a “Familial DNA” bill, which would allow police to submit unknown DNA samples to ancestry websites seeking a suspect’s family members or the killer himself, according to Boston News 25. The effort is being led by Bish's sister, Heather. In Massachusetts, police are barred from doing this. In other states where Familial DNA bills have been proposed, privacy issues have been an obstacle. …
Unsolved Mystery: Dutchess Sheriff Seeks Info On Cold Case Homicide Unsolved Mystery: Dutchess Sheriff Seeks Info On Cold Case Homicide
Unsolved Mystery: Dutchess Sheriff Seeks Info On Cold Case Homicide Nearly a half century ago, a charming Roy C. Ketcham High School graduate and artist, was murdered after leaving work on a summer night in 1970. Since that time, the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau has been looking for the killer or killers of Alice Susan Vrablic, a 20-year- old Wappinger resident, said Capt. John Watterson. During the summer of 1970  Vrablic was employed as a waitress at Howard Johnson’s on Route 9 in Poughkeepsie, and at the end of the summer was planning on returning to France to study art at the University of Paris. On the night of Aug. 22, 1970, she …