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On the night of September 24, 1982, Banks drank a large quantity of gin and took prescription drugs at his home on Schoolhouse Lane in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. [5] The next morning on September 25, 1982, he used an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle to kill eight people in his house, including three women in their 20s (all girlfriends and mothers of his children) and five children, four of them his.
It is believed to be the oldest cold case in Pennsylvania to be solved through this method. The murder's solving gained major media coverage, partially due to the fact that 20-year-old college student, Eric Schubert had a significant role in the identification of Forte.
Mandatory sentence Third Degree Murder Maximum of 40 years in prison (parole eligibility cannot exceed more than half the maximum sentence) Second Degree Murder if the defendant was under 15 Life (eligible for parole after no less than 20 years) Second Degree Murder if the defendant was 15-17 Life (eligible for parole after no less than 30 years)
Drug addict Jake Drummond beat and tortured Jacob Lennon, leaving him with a face like a ‘panda’, court hears
Kallinger and his son were arrested on kidnapping and rape charges. Kallinger was eventually charged with three counts of murder for his son Joseph Jr, Maria Fasching, and a neighborhood boy. [8] Kallinger pleaded insanity, claiming God had told him to kill. [9] He was found sane and sentenced to life in prison on October 14, 1976. Michael ...
The media later explained that Bell had left to deal with the aftermath of the kidnap and sexual assault of his son. [37] Brian Lepley, a substitute teacher, was convicted of sexual assault and attempted transmission of HIV and was sentenced to 10 to 25 years. [38] Bell returned to Coast to Coast AM in February 2001. Bell noted that since his ...
Jay C. Smith (June 5, 1928 – May 12, 2009) [1] was an American high school principal in Pennsylvania who was convicted and sentenced to death in 1986 for the 1979 murder of one of his school's teachers, Susan Reinert, and her two children, Karen and Michael.
The more recent police investigations, though, found that April Atkins signed in shortly before 5 p.m. the day of the murder; Hibbs was believed killed between 12:30 and shortly after 1 p.m. which ...