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Solved cases in Pennsylvania

24case filesUpdated Jul 18, 2026

Casepin holds 24 solved cases in Pennsylvania. A solved case is one the record closes with a conviction or an equivalent legal finding; each file names who was convicted only where a court did.

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    Star City, West Virginia (disappearance site); body found in Wayne Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania · 2012

    Murder of Skylar Neese

    Sixteen-year-old Skylar Neese disappeared from her Star City, West Virginia home in July 2012 and was found murdered months later. Two of her high school best friends, Rachel Shoaf and Shelia Eddy, pleaded guilty to killing her in a premeditated stabbing attack.

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    Erie, Pennsylvania · 2003

    Killing of Brian Wells

    Pizza delivery driver Brian Wells died in Erie, Pennsylvania, on August 28, 2003, when a bomb locked around his neck detonated shortly after he robbed a bank under an elaborate scheme; two co-conspirators were later convicted in the case, which became known as the collar bomb or pizza bomber case.

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    Weis Markets, Eaton Township, Pennsylvania · 2017

    2017 Eaton Township Weis Markets Shooting

    On June 8, 2017, 24-year-old Weis Markets employee Randy Stair shot and killed three co-workers at the supermarket in Eaton Township, Pennsylvania, before fatally shooting himself, after a lengthy period of documented online planning.

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    Wyncote, Pennsylvania, United States · 1986

    Murder of the Faruqis

    Islamic scholar Isma'il al-Faruqi and his wife Lois Lamya al-Faruqi were stabbed to death in their Wyncote, Pennsylvania home on May 27, 1986; their pregnant daughter survived the attack. Joseph Louis Young was convicted in 1987 of two counts of first-degree murder and other charges, and sentenced to death; he died in prison in 1996 before execution.

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    Bristol Township, Pennsylvania · 1987

    Murder of Anthony Milano

    Anthony Milano, a 26-year-old gay commercial artist, was beaten and fatally attacked by Richard Laird and Frank Chester in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, on December 15, 1987, after the men targeted him because he was gay. Both were convicted and sentenced to death in 1988, reportedly the first death sentences imposed in the U.S. for an anti-gay hate crime; Chester was later resentenced to life without parole, while Laird remains on death row.

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    Kingsessing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2023

    2023 Kingsessing shooting

    A spree shooting in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia on July 2–3, 2023 left five people dead and four injured before police apprehended the suspected shooter.

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    Robinson Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania · 1999

    Franciscan University murders

    In May 1999, two Franciscan University students, Aaron Land and Brian Muha, were kidnapped from their Steubenville, Ohio apartment, driven to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and shot to death. Nathan Herring and Terrell Yarbrough were convicted in Ohio, but their murder convictions were overturned in 2004 on jurisdictional grounds; Yarbrough was later retried and Herring pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania, and both received life sentences.

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    LA Fitness, Great Southern Shopping Center, Collier Township, Pennsylvania · 2009

    2009 Collier Township shooting

    On August 4, 2009, a gunman opened fire during a women's aerobics class at an LA Fitness in Collier Township, Pennsylvania, killing three women and injuring nine others before killing himself.

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    Melcroft, Pennsylvania · 2018

    2018 Melcroft Car Wash Shooting

    On January 28, 2018, a man fatally shot four people and himself at a car wash in Melcroft, Pennsylvania, after arranging a fistfight that turned into a mass shooting; a fifth person survived with minor injuries.

About these files

Solved cases in Pennsylvania, in brief

The files run from 1764 to 2024. The 2010s hold the most, with 6 files. The oldest is Sugarloaf massacre, from 1780.

They are spread across 24 cities and towns, no more than one file in any of them. By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (19), kidnapping and abduction cases (6) and mass shooting cases (6).

8 files of the 24 have coverage attached: 14 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 9 creators. The most covered is Murder of Skylar Neese, with 7 items to watch or hear. Kendall Rae, Dateline NBC and Danelle Hallan have covered the most of them.

Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.

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These files are published and cited but are kept out of search listings for now, either because they fall outside Casepin’s true-crime scope or because they are still being deepened.

Questions

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How many solved cases in Pennsylvania are on Casepin?

24. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.

What is the oldest of these solved cases?

Sugarloaf massacre, from 1780. Open the file

Which case in Pennsylvania has the most coverage?

Murder of Skylar Neese, with 7 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file

Which creators have covered solved cases in Pennsylvania?

Kendall Rae (2 cases), Dateline NBC (2 cases) and Danelle Hallan (1 case), among 9 creators in all.

How current is this page?

It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 18, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.

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