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COLD CASE FILE  #24

1996 - UNSOLVED MURDER

Date Posted: February 11, 2007

 

Victim: William R. Almanzar, Age 35.

Location: Inside his apartment at Sheffield Court, Reading, PA.

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  June 17, 1996.

Synopsis:  Reading Police is investigating the death of William R. Almanzar, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, who lived with a woman and her two children.  Almanzar was found inside his Sheffield Court Apartment after police received a call at about 10:45 a.m. from a woman who said she believed Almanzar was dead inside.  Officers met the woman outside the locked apartment.  After forcing open the door, police found Almanzar lying face down and wearing only a pair of shorts.  The first floor of the apartment was ransacked, but it was unknown if anything was taken.   Police said that Almanzar's death was probably drug related.  The apartment seemed to generate an unusual amount of traffic, both vehicles and pedestrians, which is consistent with reports that he sold illegal drugs from his residence.  Investigators are hoping that more than a decade later, people may be more willing to talk to police.

 

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COLD CASE FILE  #23

1993 - UNSOLVED MURDER

Date Posted: December 4, 2006

 

Victim: Lyssette R. Hernandez, Age 25.

Location: Inside her residence in the 300 Block of Schuylkill Avenue, Reading, PA.

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  October 25, 1993.

Synopsis:  Reading Police is investigating the stabbing death of Lyssette Hernandez, who was found face down between two beds in a second floor bedroom by her brother, 15, who had just returned home from school.  She had been stabbed more that 50 times, mostly in the upper back.  City police said that four children were in the home when their mother was murdered.  But those children, ages 4, 3, and 1, were all too young to help in the investigation.  A neighbor reported hearing a man and woman arguing that morning but didn't think much of it at the time.  The neighbor reported that the man spoke both English and Spanish.

 

Investigators are hoping to rattle the memories of people who may have heard or seen anything at the time of the murder, or since.  The passage of time hasn't eased the family's pain.

 

Police are hoping someone who knows something about the murders will come forward with information to identify a suspect.

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COLD CASE FILE  #22

2000 - UNSOLVED DOUBLE MURDER

Date Posted: October 11, 2006

 

Victims: Jose M. Otero Jr., Age 27 and Carlos M. Rosario, Age 23.

Location: 900 Block of North 11th Street, Reading, PA.

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  Gunshots were heard at about 2:30 AM on August 24, 2000.

Synopsis:  Reading Police is investigating the shooting deaths of Jose Otero and Carlos Rosario, who were found shot inside a car which was double parked and idling with its four-way flashers on in the 900 Block of N. 11th Street.  A nearby resident heard two shots at about 2:30 AM and saw a male get out from the back seat of the car and run north to Windsor Street.  The resident approached the car and discovered the tow victims slumped over in the front seats.  Both men had been shot in the back of the head and later pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have said that Rosario and Otero were both involved in the illegal drug trade, but police don't know a motive for the killings.

A few weeks before the murders, police received a report that three men with rifles were outside Rosario's residence in the 1100 block of Buttonwood Street looking for him.  Unlike Rosario, Otero had no known ties to Reading, which led detectives to speculate early in the investigation that Rosario was the main target.  The gunman was described as a dark-skinned male in his late teens to early 20's with a crew cut, baggy jeans and a white T-shirt.

Police are hoping someone who knows something about the murders will come forward with information to identify a suspect.

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COLD CASE FILE  #21

2002 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: August 6, 2006

 

Victim: Charles C. Bazemore, Jr., age 44.

Location: 841 Washington Street, 3rd. Floor Apartment, Reading, PA.

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  His body was found on December 10, 2002 at about 5:30 PM.

Synopsis:  Reading Police is investigating the death of Charles Bazemore who was found on the floor of his third floor apartment after police received calls from friends who hadn't seen him all day.  The apartment was unlocked, and it appeared as if a struggle had occurred.  Bazemore, a father of five, sold clothing and compact discs from a small stand outside Fanee's Barber Shop at 113 N. 9th Street, less than a block from his apartment.  Bazemore, who grew up in Norristown, Montgomery County.  An Army veteran, Bazemore moved to Reading in mid 1990's from Williamsport, Lycoming County, where he resided for a number of years.  His mother, Judith E. Bazemore of Norristown, grew up in Reading, and many relatives still live in the area.

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COLD CASE FILE  #20

2001 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: June 13, 2006

Victim: Shawn L. Matousek, age 24.

Location: 416 South 14 1/2 Street, Reading

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  July 7, 2001 early AM.

Synopsis:  Reading Police is investigating the shooting death of Shawn Matousek who was shot while sleeping on his living room couch while his parents were sleeping upstairs.  Shawn's parents remember hearing him come home at about 2:30 in the morning.
After hearing the sound of a gunshot, the parents awoke and ran downstairs to find their son lying lifeless on the sofa.
Shawn had been shot once in the head at close range, execution style.
Robbery is not believed to be the motive.  It's as though someone just walked in the door, put the gun to Shawn's head and pulled the trigger.  Leaving police with the task of trying to find out why someone would want Shawn dead?
Investigators are focusing their attention on what happened earlier that night.  Shawn was seen at the Beverly Hills Tavern earlier that evening with several friends.  They were going from bar to bar that night and they ended up at Sonny's Woodward Cafe.  They ran into a group that they didn't get along with and a fight started.  One of the men Shawn was with got into a fight.  They left the bar shortly afterwards.  Police believe that the shooting may have involved the group in the fight.

 

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COLD CASE FILE  #19

1998 - UNSOLVED DOUBLE HOMICIDE

Date Posted: May 7, 2006

          

Victims: Felix Morales (age 27 also known as Luis E. Pacheco) & Claribel Rivera (age 18)

Location: 1st Floor Apartment, 137 South Fifth Street, Reading

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  July 4, 1998 at about 9:30 AM.

Synopsis:  Police were called to the first floor apartment at 137 South Fifth Street, after a witness who saw the bodies of Morales and Rivera through a mail slot on the victim's front door.  Morales and Rivera were found shot to death inside the apartment.  Police found pillows near the bodies which were believed to have been used to muffle the gunshot noise.  Police are looking for witnesses who may have information as to who committed this double murder.

 

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COLD CASE FILE  #18

2001 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: April 2, 2006

Victim: Rosa Gonzalez

Location: 231 North Front Street, Reading

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  August 4, 2001, at 4:52 AM

Synopsis:  Rosa Gonzalez was part of a group sitting on the front porch of 231 North Front Street when a Burgundy colored vehicle approached at a slow rate of speed.  An unknown individual started shooting at the persons on the porch from inside the car.  The victim died from a wound to the abdomen.  It is possible that a second person, not inside the car, also fired shots.

 

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COLD CASE FILE  #17 & #7

2002 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: September 3, 2004  - Re-Posted March 5, 2006

Victim: Hope Babel

Location: 730 Main Street, Shoemakersville Borough

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  Saturday, September 6, 2002, at 11:44 PM

Synopsis:  On 09/07/02 at 1:00 AM, the victim was discovered inside her residence.  She had been beaten and knocked unconscious and her apartment was set on fire.  Firefighters discovered her body.  An autopsy revealed that the cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning due to smoke inhalation.  The autopsy also revealed that the victim had been beaten.  The cause of the fire at the victim’s apartment was ruled an arson.

 

The PA State Police at Hamburg and the Shoemakersville Police Department continue to investigate the death of victim Hope Babel.  In 2005 the police have interviewed over 200 people in reference to this investigation and new evidence is currently being tested at the Bethlehem Regional Lab.  Anyone with information is urged to contact the State Police at Hamburg at (610) 562-6889 or Crime Alert Berks County. 

 

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COLD CASE FILE  #16

1999 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Victim:   Frank Ferrante, Jr., age 57
Location:  Heritage Park, near 6th and Canal streets, Reading
Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:   April - May 16, 1999
Synopsis:   A pair of canoers found the body of 57-year-old Frank Ferrante, Jr. in the Schuylkill River, near the painted rock, in Cumru Township on May 16, 1999. A woman came forward in 2004 to tell police Ferrante was sitting along the riverbank with a friend in April of 1999 when a man came up from behind and hit him four times in the head. She claims the attacker then robbed Ferrante and threw or rolled his body into the river.

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COLD CASE FILE  #15

2000 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Victim: Mark Caruso, age 42
Location:
  North 4th Street, Reading
Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:
   September 9, 2000, approximately 4:30AM.
Synopsis:
  42-year-old Mark Caruso walked out of his apartment on Walnut Street in Reading and turned the corner onto North 4th Street. Police say someone ran up behind him and hit him in the head. Caruso died of his injuries at Reading Hospital later that night. Police believe a surveillance camera may have caught his killer running away from the scene.

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COLD CASE FILE  #14

1972 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: August 7, 2005

Victim: Roy R. Metz, 58

Location:  Seven Stars Hotel on Route #419 in Schubert, Bethel Township

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:   November 4, 1972.

Synopsis:   The victim and his wife went into the Seven Stars Hotel on Route #419 in Schubert, Bethel Township on a Saturday evening looking for directions.  After being inside for about 15 minutes, the returned to their vehicle.  Roy helped his wife into the car and then as he entered the vehicle he was confronted by a thin white male with a light colored shirt.  There was a struggle and the victim's wife heard someone say "You're dead...".  Roy had been stabbed by the subject.  Roy was taken to the Saint Joseph Medical Center by the Bethel Ambulance where he died approximately 12 hours later.  There were approximately 15 people in the bar at the time, but none of them are considered suspects.  

If you have ANY INFORMATION about this incident, please call the Crime Alert Berks County Tip Line at:

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COLD CASE FILE  #13

1993 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: July 10, 2005

  

Louise M. Weyandt, pictured above in a photo supplied by her family, was found murdered near the Penn Street Bridge in April 1993.

Victim: Louise M. Weyandt, age 35

Location:  Base of the Penn Street Bridge, City of Reading

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:   April 9, 1993.

Synopsis:   On April 9, 1993, Louise, 35, of 154 Walnut St. was found nude with five large rocks piled on top of her at the base of a Penn Street Bridge support by three men going to fish in the Schuylkill River there that day.  The cause of death was compression of the neck and chest caused by the rocks put on top of her while she was lying there, according to the Berks County coroner's office. The homicide was one of the more unusual of the roughly 200 slayings in the city since 1990.  The rocks used to kill Weyandt and cover her body were heavy.  That area near the river was not all paved in 1993. There were rocks still around from the bridge construction decades earlier.  Weyandt was seen leaving her residence about 11 p.m. the night before heading to a store in the 300 block of Penn Street for cigarettes.  She was also seen a short time later in the block with two males.  The crime scene yielded DNA and other evidence.

 

UPDATE

Steven Simpson was arrested in December 2005 and charged with the murder of Louise Weyandt.

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COLD CASE FILE  #12

1995 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: May 1, 2005

Victim: Leroy Lott, age 60

Location:  1145 Fairview Street,

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:   November 3, 1995.

Synopsis:   On November 3, 1995, Leroy Lott took a cab to the Bank of Pennsylvania branch at 1150 Muhlenberg Street, where he withdrew approximately $800.00 in cash.  He then left the bank in the same cab and stopped at an east Reading grocery store before returning to his residence.  He entered his first floor apartment and left the door unlocked. 

Lott told responding police officers that he took a short nap and awoke to a noise.  He then saw a male standing in his living room.  The male approached him and used a club type instrument to assault Lott about the head and body.  Lott was able to provide a description of the attacker to the first arriving officer.  The suspect was described as a white male with brown hair.  He was about 6’ tall and weighed about 200 pounds.   The suspect removed the victim’s money from his pants pocket after the assault.

The victim died on November 17, 1995 as a result of massive head injuries caused by blunt force trauma to the head.

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COLD CASE FILE  #11

2002 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: March 8, 2005

Victim: John J. Bronchik, Age 32

Location: 4th & Woodward Streets, Reading, PA.

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:   Sunday, February 3, 2002.

Synopsis:  The Reading Police continue to investigate the unsolved gunshot slaying of John Bronchik who was found lying in a parking lot at Fourth and Woodward Streets, bleeding from a gunshot wound to the chest.  Bronchik's body was discovered on Sunday, February 3, 2002 by a passerby who called 911.  Investigators believe that the body was there less than an hour.  Bronchik was not robbed and there was no damage to his car which was parked next to where his body fell.

If you have ANY INFORMATION about this incident, please call the Crime Alert Berks County Tip Line at:

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COLD CASE FILE  #10

2001 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: February 7, 2005

Victim: Cynthia Baver, Age 47

Location: 1142 North 10th Street, Reading, PA.

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:   Sunday, April 8, 2001.

Synopsis:  The Reading Police continue to investigate an unsolved homicide that was discovered on Sunday, April 8, 2001.  On that Sunday, Reading Police Officers discovered the victim's body inside 1142 North 10th Street.  Police found  a window was broken and a pair of scissors were used in the attack.  The victim had been stabbed several times.

Blood samples and other DNA evidence was collected at the scene, but there have been no matches to date. 

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COLD CASE FILE  #9

2000 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: November 12, 2004

Victim: Arnaldo Rodriguez-Rodriguez, age 21, (Also known as "Nando")

Location: 101 West Buttonwood Street, Reading, PA.

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  Wednesday, December 20, 2000, at about 10:47 PM

Synopsis:  The Reading Police continue to investigate an unsolved homicide that occurred on December 20, 2000.  On that Wednesday at approximately 10:47 PM, Reading Police Officers were dispatched to 101 West Buttonwood St. to investigate a shooting/man down. Upon arrival, officers found a male on the sidewalk that appeared to be critically wounded. The male was transported to Reading Hospital and was pronounced dead at the hospital. The victim had been identified as Arnaldo Rodriguez-Rodriguez.

Investigators learned that the victim had been on the sidewalk in front of the Chinese Rest. located at Front & W. Buttonwood. The suspect approached the victim from behind a grabbed the victim's shoulder and turned victim around and fired several shots into the victim's body. Suspect was described as a dark skinned male, late teens to early 20's. Autopsy was concluded and showed that victim's death was caused by gunshot wounds to chest, abdomen and pelvic area.

If you have ANY INFORMATION about this incident, please call the Crime Alert Berks County Tip Line at:

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COLD CASE FILE  #8

2001 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: October 3, 2004

Victim: Unknown - Jane Doe

Location: Quarry Road, 1/10 mile south of Route 10, Caernarvon Township.

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  August 21, 2001   7:00PM

Synopsis:  A person walking along Quarry Road discovered a garbage bag containing the decomposing body of Jane Doe.  The bag was in the weeds about 20 feet from the road.  Jane Doe is described as a black female, 25-35 years of age, 5’5” tall and weighing about 130 pounds.  The victim was wearing purple shorts, a black bra, a handkerchief on her head, hoops earrings (ears were pierced once) and pink/purple nail polish.   An autopsy failed to determine the cause of death.  The victim had a scar from a hysterectomy.  She had no tattoos.  Her teeth were near perfect with no fillings.

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COLD CASE FILE  #7

2002 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: September 3, 2004

Victim: Hope Babel

Location: 730 Main Street, Shoemakersville Borough

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  Saturday, September 6, 2002, at 11:44 PM

Synopsis:  On 09/07/02 at 1AM the victim was discovered inside her residence.  She had been beaten and knocked unconscious and her apartment was set on fire.  Firefighters discovered her body.  An autopsy revealed that the cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning due to smoke inhalation.  The autopsy also revealed that the victim had been beaten.  The cause of the fire at the victim’s apartment was ruled an arson.

 

The PA State Police at Hamburg and the Shoemakersville Police Department continue to investigate the death of victim Hope Babel.  In 2005 the police have interviewed over 250 people in reference to this investigation and new evidence is currently being tested at the Bethlehem Regional Lab.  Anyone with information is urged to contact the State Police at Hamburg at (610) 562-6889 or Crime Alert Berks County. 

 

If you have ANY INFORMATION about this incident, please call the Crime Alert Berks County Tip Line at:

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COLD CASE FILE  #6

1997 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: August 1, 2004

Victim: Malik Molina,

Location: K239 South 8th Street, City of Reading

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  Sunday, December 21, 1997 at 4:46 AM

Synopsis:  On Sunday, December 21, 1997 at 4:46 AM, Reading Police Department patrol officers responded to 239 South 8th Street to investigate reports of shots fired.  Upon arrival, officers looked inside 239 South 8th Street and discovered the decedent, Malik Molina, on his back on the living room floor.  Officers immediately entered the home and discovered a toddler asleep on a living room sofa, which was directly beneath a window which appeared to have been damaged by a bullet. 

Police searched the home and were surprised to find several other young children sleeping in second floor bedrooms.  Police later learned that the victim was baby-sitting seven children the night he was killed.

The victim was last seen alive at 3:30 AM by a female who had been braiding the victim’s hair inside the home. 

Cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head.

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COLD CASE FILE  #5

1992 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: July 2, 2004

Victim: Dominic Samuel Martorana, 45 years old.

Location: Kernsville Dam, along the west shore of the Schuylkill River, 3/10th mile north of the dam breast, ½ mile north of the Borough of Hamburg, Tilden Township, Berks County

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  Sometime between Tuesday, March 24, 1992 @ 8:52 PM and Wednesday, March  25, 1992 at 10:45 AM

Synopsis:  The victim, who was a driver for the Reading Metro Taxi Company, was discovered by a local couple, lying in shallow water about four feet from the west shore of the Schuylkill River.  They drove to the state police barracks in Hamburg to report their findings.  The investigation showed that the victim picked up a fare shortly before 9:00PM on Tuesday, March 24.  The fare was picked up on north 5th Street in Reading and was to go to Wyomissing.  There was no further radio contact between the cab company and the victim.  A call was received at the Reading State Police Barracks from the Lower Alsace Police Department reporting that a Reading Metro Taxi had been set on fire on Skyline Drive at the intersection with List Road at about 1:00AM, March 25, 1992.  Investigation proved it was the cab that the victim had been driving.

The victim died as a result of a severed carotid artery.  An autopsy showed the victim had been stabbed in excess of 30 times.

If you have ANY INFORMATION about this incident, please call the Crime Alert Berks County Tip Line at:

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COLD CASE FILE  #4

1988 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: June 7, 2004

Victim: Anna Jean Kane, 26 years of age.

Location: Ontelaunee Trail, 3/10 mile east of SR662, Perry Township Berks County.

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  Sunday, October 23, 1988   Between 12:01AM and 3:10PM

Synopsis:  On October 23, 1988, the body of Anna Jean Kane was found in a stand of trees about 10’ south of Ontelaunee Trail and about two miles west of the Village of Moselem.  Scene examination suggests that Kane was strangled elsewhere and dumped at this location sometime after midnight.  Kane was wearing a blue waist length jacket, tan khaki slacks and a black mesh or lace nightgown.  Kane carried no identification.  Investigation revealed that Kane had been reported missing to the Reading Police Department earlier that date.  A photograph of Kane from the Reading Police was compared to a Polaroid of the victim and it was determined they were one in the same.  At the time of her death, Kane lived in Birdsboro where she had recently moved from Reading.      

If you have ANY INFORMATION about this incident, please call the Crime Alert Berks County Tip Line at:

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COLD CASE FILE  #3

1999 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: April 30, 2004

Victim: Gary Miller, Age 43

Location: Parking lot of the Route 222 News & Adult Gift Store,

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  Friday, August 6, 1999 at approximately 1:45 AM

Synopsis:  The Cumru Township Police Department continue their investigation into the death of Gary Miller in 1999.  The victim was involved in a shooting and motor vehicle accident in Cumru Township. Berks County, Pa.  Gary Miller was sitting in his vehicle on the parking lot of the Rt. 222 News and Adult Gift Store on Aug. 6, 1999 at approximately 1:45 AM.   Shots were fired and the victim attempted to flee.  Gary Miller drove off the lot onto northbound Route. 222.  Miller’s vehicle coasted approximately 300 feet and veered off the right side of the roadway crashing through a split rail fence on the property of Sport Cycle Suzuki.  Miller’s vehicle continued across the parking lot of Sport Cycle Suzuki and struck a tree.  Police arrived and found Gary Miller unconscious.  Gary Miller died on scene from gun shot wounds a short time after police arrived.  Investigation found the victim was not in the store and appeared he may have been waiting for someone to arrive.

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COLD CASE FILE  #2

1989 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: April 4, 2004

Victim: Frank Regenfuse, age 24

Location: Corner of Chestnut & Peach Streets in the City of Reading, PA.

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  Sunday, April 16, 1989, at approximately 1:40 AM

Synopsis:  On Saturday, April 15, 1989, Frank Regenfuse attended a 50’s style dance at the Riverside Beneficial Club, sponsored by the Pike Travelers Club.  He arrived at the dance at approximately 8:00 PM.  Police are aware that Regenfuse had been involved in a verbal altercation at the dance.  Regenfuse left the dance at approximately 12:15 AM on April 16, 1989.  He was transported to 5th & Chestnut Streets by a friend.  He was dropped off at approximately 12:30 AM.  He had told his friend he was going to walk to a downtown club.  Regenfuse was last seen alive leaving a downtown club at 1:30 AM.

On Sunday, April 16, 1989 at 1:40 AM the Reading Police were dispatched to the intersection of Chestnut Street and Peach Street to investigate reports of a man down.  Upon arrival, officers found the victim on the ground.  He had been fatally stabbed.  He was transported to Saint Joseph Hospital and pronounced dead.

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COLD CASE FILE  #1

2001 - UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Date Posted: March 7, 2004

Victim: Lisa Anne Carabello, age 40

Location: 57 West Wyomissing Avenue, Mohnton Borough

Date/Time Incident Discovered/Occurred:  Thursday, February 8, 2001, between 12:30 PM and 3:54 PM

Synopsis:  The March, 2004 unsolved cold case is from the PA State Police of Reading.  It is the case of Lisa Anne Carabello, age 40 of Mohnton.  On February 8, 2001, the victim’s 12 year old son came home from school and found his mother lying at the bottom of a flight of stairs.  The victim had been stabbed numerous times.  The son called 9-1-1 and Mohnton Borough Police responded.  Mohnton Police requested the PA State Police to respond and take over the investigation.

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