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Tribute to all 1996 Murdered Victims
Michael Abate 1996 Berks Murder
Michael A. Abate III 17, June 16, 1996

Michael A. Abate, III, 17, Ephrata,
 died one day before his 18th birthday.
Click on Michael's picture for more information.


  Louis Combs (28)               June/1996
Chad & Donald Mertz 1996 Domestic Violence
The Sorrow we have Inside. Read the Article Here.

Domestic Violence
Bern Twp.
June 21, 1996
20 yr old Maidencreek Township  woman shot and killed her estranged boyfriend and his father. She shot herself as police were about to arrest her. She remained in a coma for ten years, until her death in 2006.
Chad Mertz, 22

Donald Mertz, 66



We Love You
     

Maxwell was brutally murdered on Dec. 16, 1996. He was beaten & sexually assaulted by his mother's boyfriend.

Since his murder, Legislation has been enacted to protect our children from these predators.


Due to the Death of a Child, New Laws have Been Enacted. Click here for more information
Maxwell Fisher 16 months old
Daniel Toro, 16 years old
Murdered outside a luncheonette in the 100 block of West Oley Street for no apparent reason
December 1, 1996
A 20 year old was convicted in June 1997 of first-degree murder and is serving a life prison term.


Daniel Toro 1996 Reading PA Murder
Article Dated January 15, 2009
 
A Fugitive is wanted in the stabbing and strangling of Noe Gomez on the train tracks behind the former Luden's factory on Aug. 23, 1996.



Article Dated 3/15/2010