Lehigh Valley Cold Cases

Stories from The Morning Call about unsolved cold case stories in the Lehigh Valley

May 4, 2008

LEHIGH VALLEY COLD CASES

'It's ... like she never existed'

A ginger jar lamp reminds Susan Yeakel that she really did have a sister.

February 3, 2008

LEHIGH VALLEY COLD CASES

Hope held out for answers in 2003 killing

Every day, Barbara Piotrowski visits her daughter Gwendel to talk to her, rearrange her flowers and tidy up her grave site, just the way she used to clean Gwendel's room when she was young.

January 20, 2008

LEHIGH VALLEY COLD CASES

Pursuing break in boy's case

About a month shy of his 14th birthday, David W. Reed set off on a bike ride from his Schuylkill Haven home on Aug. 21, 1985.

November 25, 2007

LEHIGH VALLEY COLD CASES

New evidence possible in 1970 slaying

It was the day after Thanksgiving 1970, one of the busiest shopping days for Hess's department store, Woolworth's and the other shops along a vibrant Hamilton Street in Allentown.

October 14, 2007

LEHIGH VALLEY COLD CASES

"Somebody knows what happened"

Donna Brundage worried when her stepson didn't return her calls. He hadn't called his grandmother in weeks, either -- highly unusual.

September 9, 2007

LEHIGH VALLEY COLD CASES

10 years later, hunt still on for killer

Charlotte Fimiano, an aggressive and successful real estate agent, went by herself to show the four-bedroom contemporary, one of a handful of nice homes in a secluded part of Lower Saucon Township.