Families of the murder victims have it the worst, living their lives not knowing what happened to their loved ones but fearing that a murderer is still at large.
"The enemy reigns fire upon you in your darkest hour... but it is your will to survive that pulls them down, and crushes them all." AUTHOR~UNKNOWN
Violent Force being used by the hand or hands, knife, gun, car, scissors, fire to take the life of any human being is called MURDER. When the case remains unsolved it is called COLD. But, to loved ones our cases are never cold.
Time -
Sometimes the passage of time is all a cold case -- one that has gone unsolved for years -- needs to generate heat. "Friends are no longer friends. People divorce. They might find religion. So those people who didn't give information before might now be willing."
Technology - Over the years advances in forensic science such as fingerprint, ballistics, and especially DNA testing have allowed for many cases to be solved just by re-examining the old evidence.
Advances in DNA testing have made it possible to solve homicide cases that are decades old.
"After a while, everyone wants you to forget and get on with life and shut up about it."
The Pictures shown below are listed as Berks Crime Alert's Cold Cases. Each of the victim's murderers is NOT being held accountable for their actions! They are from all area's of Berks County!
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Lisa Carabello Mohnton PA Murder Waiting for JUSTICE for 9 years
Frank Regenfuse 4/15/89 Murder. Waiting for JUSTICE for 20 years.
Gary Miller 8/6/1999 Cumru Twp Murder. Waiting for JUSTICE for 10 years.
Cold case work is about persistence, being close to the street, knowing how to scare up folks who might be a little more inclined to speak now that some time has passed.
Anna Kane Murdered 10/23/1988. Waiting for JUSTICE for more than 20 years.
Dominic Martorana Hamburg/ Reading 3/24/1992 Murder. Waiting for JUSTICE for 17 years.
Malik Molina 12/21/1997 Reading Murder. Waiting more than 12 years for JUSTICE.
There are rarely any witnesses at homicides other than the killer and the victim. A forensic scientist gives victims the voice they lost when their lives were taken.
Hope Babel 9/6/2002 Murder. Waiting more than 7 years for JUSTICE.
Arnaldo Rodriguez-Rodriguez "Nando" 2000 Murder. Waiting More Than 9 years for JUSTICE.
Cynthia Baver 4/8/2001 Unsolved Reading Murder. Waiting more than 8 years for JUSTICE.
John Bronchik Unsolved 2/3/02 Reading Murder. Waiting more than 7 years for JUSTICE.
Leroy Lott 11/3/1995 Unsolved Fairview Street Murder. Waiting more than 14 years for JUSTICE.
Roy Metz 11/4/1972 Murdered Outside The Seven Stars Hotel. Waiting more than 35 years for JUSTICE.
Cold cases may even allow more murders to be committed. People who have killed once, if not arrested, may continue to kill.
Mark Caruso Unsolved 9/9//2000 Reading Murder. Waiting more than 9 years for JUSTICE.
Frank Ferrante A Homeless Man Murdered April/ May 1999. Waiting More than 10 years for JUSTICE.
Shawn Matousek Unsolved 7/7/01 Reading Murder. Waiting more than 8 years for JUSTICE.
Police failure to solve murder cases and to put the offenders behind bars often leaves the community feeling helpless.
Felix Morales Murdered 7/4/1998. Waiting more than 11 years for JUSTICE.
Claribel Rivera Unsolved 7/4/1998 Reading Murder. Waiting more than 11 years for JUSTICE.
Lyssette R. Hernandez 10/25/1993 Unsolved Reading Murder. She was stabbed in excess of 50 times and her killer is not held accountable!
As long as these cases remain unsolved, the murderers are walking the streets, maybe even in your neighborhood.
James "Tiny" Barrett waiting more than 12 years for JUSTICE.
Richard "Slim" Rowe Murdered 4/5/1986. Waiting more than 23 years for JUSTICE.
15 Yr Old Alvaro Mora Killed 2/28/2002. More than 7 years, still waiting for JUSTICE.
Murder.This is the greatest crime of all and it demands resolution.
Charles C. Bazemore Jr December 10, 2006, Waiting more than 5 years for JUSTICE.
Double Homicide Jose Otero / Carlos Rosario 8/24/2000. Waiting for JUSTICE more than 7 years.
William Almanzar killed June 17, 1996. Waiting more than 10 years for JUSTICE.
VI. Thou shalt not kill.
Jason Stief Witness Murdered 10/14/2004. More than 5 years waiting for JUSTICE.
Kathleen Raifsnider Muhlenberg 7/5/1991 Murder. Waiting More than 18 years for JUSTICE.
Fonz Colbert, 4/17/2004 Murder. Waiting 5 years for JUSTICE.
One Voice, Your Voice, Can Make A Difference.
200 Block of Greenwich Street Unsolved Murder
William J. Rock 12/2/1977 Reading Unsolved Murder
Nathaniel Hipp 1/3/2005 Reading Murder Victim
Gregory Clark
Brian Frymoyer 1/20/2006 Reading Unsolved Murder
Benjamin Rivera- Candelaria Murdered 11/01/2001
Bethzaida "Betsy" Rios Murdered 4/2/2005 N. Ninth Street "Speakeasy"
Judith Borrero Murdered 4/2/2005 N. Ninth Street "Speakeasy"
David J. Banks Murdered 3/21/1999 United Souls Family and Sports Association.
Michael J Perez Known as 'Swift' July 18, 1999
There are so many more victims and families waiting for JUSTICE right here in Berks County.
**There are seven people found dead in Berks County and we don't know who they are. Their families don't know where they are. http://www.yearsoftears.org/whoarewe.html
**There are families whose loved ones died under suspicious circumstances. They have no answers and need them.
**And many more murders... and victims families wait.
More Needs to Be Done for OUR Victims! Our Cases are not cold, They are burning throughout Berks County. Berks County Needs a Cold Case Squad. Our Victims deserve JUSTICE! Our communities need to be safe from the predators that stole their lives.
Elsie Stiely Rape & Murder 1993
Undetermined death 2003, little William
Rodney Martz Unsolved Birdsboro Murder 10/17/2003. Waiting more than 6 years for justice
Oscar Santiago 10/13/2007 Reading Murder
James Owens 3/25/2005 Unsolved Murder. Waiting nearly 5 years for JUSTICE.
Christine Wise 1967 Murder
Vernon Boswell 6/4/2004 Murder
Suspicious Death of Miriam Acevedo 12/31/2005
Sanchez Riveria 4/10/1989 Murder
Gary Redner Murdered March 8/9, 2008
Matthew Sullivan 1972 Suspicious Death
Audrey Giannotti 1/13/07 Murder
Dorothy Schlappig Murder 1/7/1953
Barbie West Torres Murder 9/12/2005 sparked a manhunt for her husband.
