Shawn was 24 years old. He had dreams of becoming a physical therapist and was planning to start College at Alvernia in the fall.
He worked at Reading Hospital helping people since he was 18.
Someone took his dreams and destroyed them.
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Shawn was out earlier in the evening, first at Beverly Hills Tavern for dinner and later at Sonny's Woodward Cafe. While there, Shawn and his friends ran into some people they didn't get along with and a fight started.
Shawn left and went home about 2:30AM.
While his parents slept upstairs, someone entered their home and shot Shawn once in the head at close range - execution style.
Shawn's killer is still freely walking our streets.
Cold Case Report Dated 7/7/2001
“We know there are one or more people who have firsthand knowledge about this murder,” “We know more than one person was in Shawn’s house the morning he was shot. “We have a lot of evidence and information, but we’re missing the final piece of the puzzle.
The pain of these murders never goes away. They are like open wounds that never heal.
These families need answers - who - why??
Shawn still had money in his pocket, so this wasn't a robbery.
Did someone follow him home from the bar where the fight started? Did someone know where he lived? Someone has information that can bring justice to Shawn and his family.
Please speak out. This person can not be allowed to roam our streets & enter homes with a gun killing our young people.
Synopsis: Reading Police are investigating the shooting death of Shawn Matousek who was shot while sleeping on his living room couch while his parents were sleeping upstairs. Shawn's parents remember hearing him come home at about 2:30 in the morning. After hearing the sound of a gunshot, the parents awoke and ran downstairs to find their son lying lifeless on the sofa. Shawn had been shot once in the head at close range, execution style. Robbery is not believed to be the motive. It's as though someone just walked in the door, put the gun to Shawn's head and pulled the trigger. Leaving police with the task of trying to find out why someone would want Shawn dead? Investigators are focusing their attention on what happened earlier that night. Shawn was seen at the Beverly Hills Tavern earlier that evening with several friends. They were going from bar to bar that night and they ended up at Sonny's Woodward Cafe. They ran into a group that they didn't get along with and a fight started. One of the men Shawn was with got into a fight. They left the bar shortly afterwards. Police believe that the shooting may have involved the group in the fight.
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$10,000.00
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