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PA Wife Choked Husband To Death During Fight, Told Police She 'Didn't Mean To Kill Him'
A Pennsylvania woman choked her husband to death during a fight at their home, then repeatedly apologized as emergency crews tried to save him, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, Oct. 15.
Wendy L. Wolf, 49, of Salisbury Borough, Somerset County, is charged with strangulation, involuntary manslaughter, and aggravated assault in the death of her husband, Kenneth Wayne Wolf Jr., 60, Pennsylvania State Police said.
Troopers were called to the couple's home at 158 Chestnut Street around 6:40 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, for a domestic altercation involving a 60-year-old…
Pennsylvania Man Found Shot On Abandoned Farm: $5K Reward Offered In 1977 Cold Case
A Pennsylvania man who vanished after a night out nearly 50 years ago was found shot multiple times on an abandoned farm, and state police are renewing their search for answers with a $5,000 reward.
Preston Frazier, a Coatesville resident and 1969 graduate of the Coatesville Area School District, was killed sometime between Thursday, April 7, and Sunday, April 10, 1977, according to a Pennsylvania State Police news release issued Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026.
Frazier was last seen alive on the night of April 7 near the intersection of Lincoln Highway and Third Avenue in Coatesville, Chester Cou…
'He Dead': Pennsylvania Killer Sentenced To Life As Missouri Teen's Family Seeks Justice
A Pennsylvania man who texted "he dead" moments after a fatal shooting has been sentenced to life in prison, as authorities revealed he remains a suspect in the unsolved murder of a 16-year-old Missouri girl.
Evander Thompson, 32, of Allentown, was sentenced Wednesday, Oct. 14, to life in prison without parole, plus an additional three to seven years for a firearms violation, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced Thursday, Oct. 15.
Thompson was convicted July 30 of first-degree murder and carrying a firearm without a license in the Sept. 23, 2023, killing of 58-year-old…
5 PA Judges Threatened By Retired California Attorney, Inmate With Violent Threats History: DA
Five Pennsylvania judges were threatened in two separate cases involving a retired California attorney who is no longer eligible to practice law and a state prison inmate with a lengthy history of threatening judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers, authorities announced on Wednesday, Oct. 14.
The Bucks County District Attorney's Office has charged Timothy Alexander Murphy, 70, of Oakland, California, and Joseph David Supik II, 35, who is incarcerated at SCI Forest, in unrelated cases involving threats against five Bucks County Court of Common Pleas judges, District Attorney Joe Kh…
9-Year-Old Girl Beaten To Death By Mom, Stepdad After Hit-Run Story Unravels: Prosecutor
A New Jersey mother and stepfather have been charged with murder following the death of a 9-year-old girl, authorities announced Thursday, Oct. 15.
At 1:10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, India Miller, 27, and Sean Scott, 45, both Paulsboro residents, called 911 after Miller said she heard a loud sound, similar to tires screeching, before Scott went outside and found the girl by their shed, at 1:10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, Gloucester County Prosecutor Andrew Johns said. Miller said the girl was hit by a car while walking her dog, Johns said.
The girl was transported to a local hos…
Mom Drained 401(k) Before Great Wolf Lodge Pocono Double Homicide, Family Says: Reports
A Pennsylvania mother charged with killing her husband and 3-year-old son at Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos had tapped retirement savings to fund the family's three-week vacation and home renovations before the killings, according to her stepmother, who now believes the deaths were planned.
Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, of Towanda, appeared happy during a video call with relatives shortly before her husband, Charles "Chaz" Harrison, 36, and their son, Tristan, were found stabbed to death inside the resort on Monday, Oct. 12, her stepmother, April Thetga, told the New York Post in an intervie…
PA Worker Crushed To Death At NJ Plant: Report
A 52-year-old worker from Pennsylvania was crushed to death at a New Jersey plant last week, NJ Advance Media reports.
Henry Antonio Marmol Martinez, of Easton, PA, became trapped by a casting machine at pipe manufacturing company McWane Ductile on Friday afternoon, Oct. 9, NJ.com reported, citing his brother, Raymundo Perez. Marmol Martinez died at St. Luke’s Hospital-Warren Campus, his obituary on the Strunk Funeral Home website says.
McWane Ductile released the following statement to Daily Voice:
"On Friday, October 9, an industrial accident occurred at our Phillipsburg plant, resu…
Husband Of Harvard-Stanford Upmc Doctor Charged With Murder, Arson As Daughter Slept
A Harvard and Stanford graduate who became a UPMC pediatrician was killed by her husband, who then set her body on fire inside their Harrisburg home while their 7-year-old daughter slept upstairs, police said.
Jonathan Alan Gatto, 41, was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated arson, arson, abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence, and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the killing of his wife, Dr. Julia Pederson, 41, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.
Gatto is being held at Dauphin County Prison without bail following his arrest on Tuesday, Oct…
PA Mom Gave Alcohol To 3-Year-Old To Help Child Sleep: Police
A Pennsylvania mother gave alcohol to her children on multiple occasions, including her 3-year-old in an attempt to help the toddler fall asleep, according to a police investigation made public on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
Jacqueline Dawn Wiggins, 39, of Lititz, was charged with felony endangering the welfare of children, misdemeanor corruption of minors, and furnishing alcohol to a minor, Northern Lancaster County Regional Police said.
The investigation began after detectives received a report from Lancaster County Children and Youth Services alleging that Wiggins had provided alcohol to minors, a…
PA Lawyer Used $400K In Fake Checks To Dodge Taxes, Buy Electric Truck, Feds Say
A Pennsylvania attorney admitted to using more than $400,000 in fake checks to avoid paying federal taxes and purchase a new electric truck, then suing the dealership after it reclaimed the vehicle, federal prosecutors announced.
Daniel A. Pallen, 46, of Springfield, Delaware County, pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion and one count of mail fraud before U.S. District Judge Gail A. Weilheimer on Tuesday, Sept. 1, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania shared by the FBI on Friday, Oct. 9.
Pallen, a licensed attorney who owns a la…