Police make arrest in 40-year-old Poconos, Pennsylvania, murder
WGAL News 8 Updated: 7:58 AM EDT Apr 1, 2021
Police make arrest in 40-year-old Poconos, Pennsylvania, murder
WGAL News 8 Updated: 7:58 AM EDT Apr 1, 2021
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Show Transcript ANNOUNCER: YOU ARE WATCHING WGAL NEWS 8. JERE: NEW THIS MORNING. POLICE ARRESTED A MAN FOR A MURDER IN THE POCONOS MORE THAN 40 YEARS AFTER THE FACT. IT’S BELIEVED DNA EVIDENCE LINKED 63-YEAR-OLD LUIS SIERRA OF NEW YORK TO THE KILLING OF EVELYN COLON OF JERSEY CITY. HER BODY WAS FOUND ALONG THE LEHIGH RIVER IN CARBON COUNTY IN 1976. SHE WAS 15 AT THE TIME AND ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH. SIERRA WOULD HAVE BEEN
Apr 1, 2021
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Found in 1976 in eastern Pa , Beth Doe now has an ID And so does her alleged killer pennlive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pennlive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
How did Pa. State Police finally ID ‘Beth Doe’ and what led them to her long-ago boyfriend?
Updated Apr 02, 2021;
While the dismembered body “Beth Doe” and that of her near full-term fetus which were found in December 1976 in three suitcases near the Lehigh River and an Interstate 80 overpass in the Carbon County borough of East Side were exhumed in 2007 to extract DNA, its placement in a missing person’s database didn’t result in any hits, Pennsylvania State Police report.
Her family never reported her missing, having received a letter in January 1977 stating she had moved to Connecticut with her boyfriend, had the baby and would contact them if she needed anything, police said in court papers.