Sixteen people were victims of homicide in Luzerne County in 2020, according to the Luzerne County Coronerâs Office.
The yearâs cases included three people killed by family members, a shooting during a robbery and a suspect who was shot by the police.
Guns were the preferred method of committing homicide, accounting for 11 of the cases. Physical assault was the cause of death in three of the cases, and another case was attributed to injuries sustained in a car crash.
The number of homicides was up from the 12 people who were mortally wounded in Luzerne County in 2019, but was comparable to the total in other years â the county had 15 homicides in 2018, 16 in 2017 and 12 in 2016.
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Human remains found along the Susquehanna River over the weekend are believed to be those of murder suspect Richard Walski, according to the Luzerne County District Attorneyâs Office.
Walski, 47, was charged earlier this month with murdering his wife Patricia, whose body was found in the coupleâs Larksville home in August.
The badly decomposed remains that were found Saturday morning were discovered along the river in Newport Twp. just north of the Garden Drive-In, an area near where authorities had been searching for Richard Walski.
Several personal items, including Richard Walskiâs driverâs license, were discovered along with the remains, prosecutors said. Confirmation of the identity of the remains is pending further testing. Prosecutors said a cause of death has not yet been confirmed.