Ongoing looks at evidence, timelines, and unanswered questions.
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Remembering Joan Dymond, 56 Years Since Wilkes-Barre Disappearance, Unsolved Homicide
Last update: October 31, 2025, 12:54p.m. The summer of 1969 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was a time when kids still roamed free, neighborhoods felt safe, and a 14-year-old girl like Joan Dymond could go to the park after supper without a second thought. But for George and Anne Rose Dymond, that summer was the start of…
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MURDER MYSTERY: Why didn’t anyone hear the shots that killed John Leonard? And why it matters.
Lots of things don’t add up in the John Leonard murder case. Here’s one of them: How is it possible that nobody heard the five gunshots that killed John Leonard?
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MURDER MYSTERY: Why was the suspect sketch never released?
Imagine if you were a child when your father is shot to death in broad daylight. The killer takes off before anyone finds the scene. The crime seems completely random, making it just about impossible to solve. Even though it’s huge news in your tiny town, the case grows cold fast. Then settles into a…