Approaching the midpoint of 2024, Fayette County has already exceeded the number of homicide investigations than at the same point last year. District Attorney Mike Aubele has taken on seven homicide cases during his first five months in office. In 2023 there had been five cases by mid-July. While the number of homicides has risen, […]
A 75-year-old Redstone Township man is in Fayette County Prison after fatally shooting a friend inside his home Friday morning. Edmund Parson, of 2011 Second St. in Cardale, allegedly shot and killed James Tucker after reaching into a lockbox, pulling out a gun and shooting Tucker twice. Tucker was flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital in […]
The remains found in North Union Township last week have been identified as those of a missing teen, Fayette County Coroner Dr. Bob Baker said Tuesday. Kaitlin Whoolery, 17, had been missing since Nov. 23, when she was seen leaving a home on Oakland Avenue in Uniontown. Trooper Kalee Barnhart, public information officer for state […]
State police were searching Dunlap Creek Thursday morning in connection to an ongoing homicide investigation. Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele confirmed investigators were searching for evidence in the killing of 83-year-old Anthony Dicenzo. It was not immediately clear if the search was fruitful. Norman Pennington, 65, of Redstone Township was arrested for Dicenzo’s murder […]
A forensic anthropologist from Erie was called to help police with the excavation of human skeletal remains found near a Fayette County home. State police said they received information about a missing person and located the remains in the area of Washington Avenue and Hogsett Lane in North Union Township Tuesday afternoon. While there are […]