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Killing of Rachael DelTondo

Rachael DelTondo was a 33-year-old teacher from Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. On the night of May 13, 2018, friends dropped her at her mother's home after an evening out. She was shot in the driveway shortly afterward. Police found no eyewitness to the shooting, and no murder weapon was publicly reported recovered.
The investigation moved from the Aliquippa Police Department to Beaver County detectives in June 2018. Investigators interviewed people who knew Rachael and pursued multiple leads over the following years, but no arrest or homicide charge followed. Earlier coverage often centered private and reputation-harming details unrelated to establishing who killed her; those details are omitted here because they are not necessary to explain the homicide or its current status.
On May 11, 2026, CBS Pittsburgh reported that the Beaver County district attorney did not believe the available evidence was sufficient to charge anyone. Although public reporting has identified a person described by authorities as a suspect, that person has never been charged in Rachael's death and is neither named nor encoded in structured people. Suspicion is not a legal finding.
The case is classified as cold based on the district attorney's public description and the absence of an arrest, while the ongoing-investigation warning remains because the homicide has not been resolved and authorities can act on new evidence. The May 2026 checkpoint is date-specific and should be refreshed before publication.
Key facts
- Victims
- Rachael DelTondo
- Date
- 2018
- Location
- Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States
- Case status
- cold
Case timeline
2018-05-13
Rachael DelTondo was shot outside her mother's home in Aliquippa.
2018-06-14
Beaver County detectives took over the homicide investigation from the Aliquippa Police Department.
2026-05-11
The current district attorney said the available evidence was insufficient to charge anyone; no arrest had been made.
Best coverage
Titles and descriptions are the creators’ own and may not reflect current legal status; see the dossier above for sourced case facts.
People
Rachael DelTondo
VICTIMThirty-three-year-old teacher killed outside her Aliquippa home on May 13, 2018.
Roles reflect public records and court outcomes at the time of writing — supporting citations are on file under Sources.
Places
Common questions
- What happened to the victim?
- Rachael DelTondo was shot outside her home in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, on May 13, 2018; no one has been arrested, and the district attorney said in May 2026 that the available evidence was insufficient to charge anyone.
- Where did the killing happen?
- Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States.
- What is the current status of the case?
- Status: cold.
Sources
- PRESSRachael DelTondo death: A timeline of events leading up to murder of teacherCBS News · 2026-07-13
- PRESSNew documents reveal case in Rachael DelTondo investigation, but charges are unlikelyCBS News Pittsburgh · 2026-07-13
- PRESSGrand jury expected to soon recommend homicide charges in Rachael DelTondo casePittsburgh Post-Gazette · 2026-07-13
- PRESSTimeline of Rachael DelTondo murder investigationWPXI · 2026-07-13
Record history
- First published
- JUL 13, 2026



