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Ongoing looks at evidence, timelines, and unanswered questions.

  • Who Killed Helen Petrilyak? | 1970 Hazleton PA Cold Case

    Who Killed Helen Petrilyak? | 1970 Hazleton PA Cold Case

    In August 1970, a NEPA native left Brooklyn for a weekend with family in her hometown of Tresckow, Pennsylvania. Four weeks later, a workman found her remains at the Jeanesville Slate Bank, a mile and a half from her father’s front door. Helen Petrilyak’s death has been described as one of Luzerne County’s oldest unsolved…

  • 15-Year-Old La’Niyah “LaLa” Clark – Timeline with sources

    A precious young Wilkes-Barre teenager, La’Niyah Clark, has lost her life under suspicious circumstances. Reported missing by her adoptive parents on January 17, 2026, La’Niyah “LaLa” Clark was reportedly found deceased in the snow on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. Anyone with information is asked to contact Lt. Detective Matt Shash or Detective James Conmy at…

  • Remembering Joan Dymond, 56 Years Since Wilkes-Barre Disappearance, Unsolved Homicide

    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…