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| oldies4mari2004 | Aug 18 2006, 03:01 PM Post #1 |
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| oldies4mari2004 | Dec 31 2006, 10:39 PM Post #2 |
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Barbara Elizabeth Miller Above: Miller, circa 1989 Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance Missing Since: July 1, 1989 from Milton, Pennsylvania Classification: Endangered Missing Date of Birth: April 23, 1959 Age: 30 years old Height and Weight: 5'4, 125 pounds Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Light brown hair, brown eyes. Details of Disappearance Miller was dropped off at a bar in Milton, Pennsylvania during the morning hours of July 1, 1989. She was planning to attend the wedding of a friend later in the day and was carrying a gift, as well as her clothes for the event. She apparently attended the ceremony and was photographed there, though some accounts state that she never arrived at the wedding. Miller is believed to have returned to her home in Sunbury, Pennsylvania during the early morning hours of July 2. She resided on Penn Street a former police detective who reported her missing. She has never been heard from again. Miller resided in Sunbury, Pennsylvania in 1989. Authorities searched several mines in Augusta Township, Pennsylvania during the years following her disappearance, and searched a pond near Trevorton, Pennsylvania in 2004. Investigators refused to divulge whether any evidence related to Miller's case was recovered. She is believed to be the victim of a homicide. She was declared legally dead in the fall of 2002. Authorities searched a pond for remains in 2004, but found no evidence. Some agencies may list July 2, 1989 as the date of Miller's disappearance, which remains unsolved. Investigating Agency If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: Sunbury Police Department 570-286-4587 OR 570-988-4539 Source Information Central Pennsylvania's Missing Persons Connection Sunbury Broadcasting Company The Daily Item The Doe Network Updated 3 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated September 14, 2006; details of disappearance updated. Charley Project Home |
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| oldies4mari2004 | Sep 2 2008, 09:19 PM Post #3 |
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| oldies4mari2004 | Sep 2 2008, 09:21 PM Post #4 |
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Barbara Elizabeth Miller Missing since July 1, 1989 from Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania. Classification: Endangered Missing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vital Statistics Date Of Birth: April 23, 1959 Age at Time of Disappearance: 30 years old Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'4"; 125 lbs Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Light brown hair, curly, shoulder length; brown eyes. Medium build. Dentals: Available -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Circumstances of Disappearance Barbara Miller of Sunbury, was last seen leaving a wedding in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 1989. Police have a photograph that proves Miller attended the wedding and have found she was in her home sometime during the early morning hours of July 2, 1989. Items she took from the wedding were found in her Sunbury home that day, but there was no trace of her. She had planned to go to a reception the next day, but never appeared. Miller lived on Penn Street with a male at the time. He was the first person to report her missing. The investigation into her disappearance was reopened in 2002, and evidence suggests she was the victim of a homicide. Before her disappearance she had provided police with information about drug trafficking. Miller had received death threats that accused her of being a drug informant and advised her to stop talking to authorities. About two weeks before her disappearance, she told police the matter had been resolved and asked them to end their probe. She was declared legally dead in Northumberland Court Court in 2002. She left behind a young son. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Investigators If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: Northumberland County Sheriff's Office Lt Degg Stark 570-988-4155 NCIC Number: M-582597407 Source Information: Central Pennsylvania's Missing Persons' Connection The Daily Item (Sunbury PA) http://www.doenetwork.org/ |
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| oldies4mari2004 | Sep 2 2008, 09:35 PM Post #5 |
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| tatertot | Dec 12 2016, 05:47 PM Post #6 |
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http://www.dailyitem.com/news/sunbury-chie...e82bb3fd16.html Sunbury chief resurrects Barbara Miller cold case Francis Scarcella Nov 23, 2016 SUNBURY — Sunbury Administrative Police Chief Tim Miller is resurrecting a nearly three-decade-old cold case and recruiting an old friend to join a team of Northumberland County officials in an attempt to find out what happened to Barbara Miller. Barbara Miller was 30-years old when she vanished July 1, 1989. When Tim Miller arrived in Sunbury in July as the new chief, he said he would be reviewing several unresolved cases, including that of Barbara Miller. The police chief and the victim are not related. Tim Miller's involvement comes about a year after a team of Northumberland County officials resolved to form an investigative alliance into Barbara Miller's disappearance and death. She was declared dead by a Northumberland County judge in 2002. District Attorney Tony Matulewicz, Coroner Jim Kelley and Detective Degg Stark said they would begin reviewing the case back in February. Matulewicz, who won the district attorney seat last year, promised during his campaign to renew efforts in one of the county’s oldest cold cases. The process stalled because of manpower and resources, Matulewicz said. All that is known to date is that Barbara Miller last seen by former Sunbury police Detective Joseph Walter "Mike" Egan. Egan reported her missing three days later. Now Tim Miller, who also serves as a lieutenant in the Williamsport Police Department, said he wants the case to return to the Sunbury Police Department and has been in contact with an old colleague: Detective Kenneth Mains, of Williamsport. Mains was a former officer in the Williamsport Police Department and has since left the position to focus on working with other departments across the country on cold cases. Mains, founder of the American Investigative Society of Cold Cases, said he is interested in reviewing the Barbara Miller case. The American Investigative Society of Cold Cases is a nonprofit, volunteer-based organization whose sole mission is to assist in solving cold cases. "Upon coming to Sunbury in July I have had the opportunity to speak to numerous people regarding issues facing our department," Tim Miller said. "One of those is the disappearance of Barbara Miller. As law enforcement officers we are truth-seekers. None of us are satisfied when a case goes cold and we still haven't discovered the truth. With the holidays upon us and the new year right around the corner it is important that we remember those who are no longer with us. One of my goals for the new year is to take a hard look at this case to ensure every resource at this departments disposal has been exhausted in out search for the truth." Tim Miller said this is where his old friend will be an asset to the investigation. "Every year there are new advances in science and I believe that any case is solvable as long as someone is willing to put forth the effort necessary and keeps the search for the truth alive," Tim Miller said. "With a few breaks and some diligent efforts, anything is possible. I will be reaching out to some of my law enforcement contacts, including Ken, to begin the process of reviewing the case to see if there is anything we can do that hasn't been done to get us closer to a resolution." Miller met with Matulewicz and the two discussed Barbara Miller's case, the district attorney said. "I want everyone to know we are in the early stages of this and I want people to understand we will do the best we have with the time and resources we have," Matulewicz said. "We discussed what we could do. I agreed with the chief that we will begin the process of reviewing the files. We also discussed the use of Ken Mains. This case is something I did not forget about and we will begin to move the process forward." Mains, crew are ready Mains looks forward to reviewing the case, he said. "Is my belief that all cases can be solved no matter how difficult or how long they have been cold," Mains said. "Sometimes all it takes is the right push and a fresh set of eyes." Mains said he was interested in helping the family and friends of Barbara Miller get answers. "I would certainly be interested in helping in anyway that I can," Mains said. "Although most times the majority of the problem is getting access to the entire case file. Police officers are very territorial about their cases. However, once that hurdle is taken care of it makes things a lot easier because then you're not just going on assumption or conjecture, you're actually going on facts." Matulewicz said he has also spoken with Stark, the lead investigator in the Barbara Miller case for several years. Kelley said he contacted the district attorney’s office and Stark after reading The Daily Item story published in February regarding the re-opening of the Barbara Miller case. Kelley said his office never ordered or signed a death certificate for Barbara Miller even though she was pronounced dead Oct. 10, 2002, by Northumberland County Judge Charles Saylor after years of investigations came up empty. "I think it's great," Kelley said of the investigation being restarted. "This is something that is always on my mind and I want to be part of anything these guys can do to start this process and get this case reopened." Kelley spoke out publicly last year when he said he would be willing to order a Coroner's Inquest, an inquiry into the manner and cause of an individual's death, conducted by the coroner or deputy coroner with a court reporter and six jurors present. Also interested in the reopening of the case is Selinsgrove Police Chief Tom Garlock, who said the Barbara Miller case has haunted him for decades. Garlock was an officer in Sunbury at the time of Barbara Miller's disappearance. "I'm glad they are continuing the investigation," Garlock said this week. "It is good news." Garlock and Kelley said they would help the team of investigators in any way possible. “This is a case that is lingering, and we all want to find answers,” Kelley said. Friends and family Barbara Miller’s son, Eddie Miller Jr., 40, of Milton, spoke with The Daily Item last December and said he lives through each holiday wishing he could find out what happened to his mother. Eddie Miller also enlisted the help of friends and relatives, including Northumberland resident and Barbara Miller family friend, Scott Schaeffer. Schaeffer, 50, of Northumberland, was convicted of first-degree murder in August 1990 for his alleged role in the drug-related murder of Ricky Wolfe, of Mifflinburg. Wolfe was found beaten to death at a boat launch near Montandon in December 1986. Prosecutors accused Schaeffer during his trial of being a member of a thug drug gang, and the state said it had evidence proving he was there the night Wolfe was killed. Schaeffer, who faced the death penalty, was sentenced to life in prison but after 17 years evidence emerged that led a judge to believe Schaeffer deserved a new trial. Schaeffer won a new trial in 2006. After meeting with attorneys and prosecutors, a plea agreement was offered and Schaeffer was set free. Schaeffer claims there are links between the Wolfe murder and the disappearance of Barbara Miller. Schaeffer told authorities at the time an anonymous message was left on his answering machine at his home in Sunbury in 1989 and the caller made references to the link between Wolfe and Barbara Miller, Schaeffer said. The late state police Cpl. Richard Bramhill Jr. agreed with Schaeffer's sentiments about those links in an interview with The Daily Item in 2004. "I know a lot of people are thinking that everyone has forgotten or given up on ever finding out the truth of what happened to Barbara," Schaeffer said Tuesday. "It's been way too long and I am thrilled to learn the new Sunbury police chief is speaking with a cold case detective about actually looking at another investigation. I hope to see those responsible for her disappearance brought to justice." Detective wants results Tim Miller and Mains will be meeting soon and Mains said he looks forward to working with the group. "Solving cold cases is really just the art of deduction. You deduce probabilities until you're suspect shows himself," Mains said. "That, along with dedication and perseverance, is how you solve cases regardless of time or obstacles." Mains is currently working on a few investigations including the unsolved Williamsport double homicide of Gail Matthews and her daughter, Tamara, from 1994. The bodies of Matthews and her daughter were discovered inside their Williamsport home and although an arrest was made, charges were dropped and no one else was ever charged with the crime. Mains is also working on the cold case of Theresa Corley, of Mass. Corley was found naked and strangled along side of a highway in 1978. Mains investigated the 1973 Williamsport homicide of Jennifer Hill. Kim Hubbard, of Lycoming County, claimed he was innocent of the crime and Mains reinvestigated the case in 2014. Through DNA evidence and other factors, Mains determined Hubbard committed the murder for which he was sentenced. After a deal was struck, Hubbard did 10 years in prison before being paroled. "I've investigated numerous equivocal deaths that people thought could've been homicides or vice versa," Mains said. "As for results I can only offer my opinions and it is up to the law enforcement agency to make an arrest. People ask me all the time how many cases have I solved and the answer is always the same. Every one of them. That's because after I am done I know who committed the crime. It may or may not lead to an arrest or prosecution but that is not up to me. My job is to solve the case. Sometimes families just want to know what happened and a lot of times I can help with that." |
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| tatertot | Jun 8 2017, 01:36 AM Post #7 |
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http://wnep.com/2017/06/07/search-of-home-...1989-cold-case/ Search for Body Entombed in Home in Milton May be Connected to 1989 Cold Case POSTED 12:05 PM, JUNE 7, 2017, BY NIKKI KRIZE, UPDATED AT 06:30PM, JUNE 7, 2017 MILTON -- Authorities are investigating a possible break in a decades-old cold case in Northumberland County. Investigators in Northumberland County may have a new lead in the case of a woman who disappeared nearly 30 years ago. Police, the Northumberland County coroner, and a forensics team have been at a house on North Front Street in Milton for most of the morning Wednesday. Sunbury police are following up on tips that former Sunbury resident Barbara Miller is entombed in one of the walls. Miller disappeared in July of 1989 and her body was never found. She was declared dead in 2002 and the case is being treated as a homicide. Just last month, Sunbury Police Chief Tim Miller, who is not related, set up a Facebook page concerning this case. He got a tip that Miller's body was there. Miller says Sunbury police got that same tip in 2009 but never followed up. According to the search warrant, the woman who used to live there is the sister of Joseph Egan who goes by the nickname "Mike." He's a former Sunbury police detective and the search warrant identifies him as the "prime suspect" in Barbara Miller's disappearance. The investigation drew a crowd outside the house in Milton. Miller's family was also there. "We're ready. We're as ready as we can be," said Lynne Miller. Lynne Miller married Barbara's ex-husband. She says the family has known about a break in the case for several weeks but just found out investigators would search the house for Miller's body. Lynne says her family is trying to process everything. "We have looked in so many places only to find out she's buried less than two miles from here." |
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| tatertot | Jun 11 2017, 02:48 PM Post #8 |
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http://www.witf.org/news/2017/06/police-po...oman-search.php Police: Potential evidence found in missing woman search Written by The Associated Press Jun 11, 2017 8:46 AM (Milton, Pa) -- A police chief says investigators have found some items that could be evidence in the search for a Pennsylvania woman missing since 1989, but forensic analysis will have to determine whether it is of any value. The (Sunbury) Daily Item reports that Sunbury police chief Tim Miller said Saturday morning that removal of concrete at a Milton home will continue Monday. Investigators have been using a jackhammer to demolish a wall in the home as they look for the remains of Barbara Miller, who disappeared after attending a wedding in Milton in June 1989. She was reported missing several days later by her ex-boyfriend, a former Sunbury police detective who told investigators that he last saw Miller get into a vehicle with two unidentified males. |
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| tatertot | Jul 24 2017, 09:28 PM Post #9 |
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http://www.dailyitem.com/news/local_news/e...108ceaf6dc.html Ex-chief: Milton home part of Barbara Miller cold case investigation for a decade By Francis Scarcella The Daily Item 3 hrs ago SUNBURY — A Milton residence at the center of the search for Barbara Miller's remains since early June was one of the locations that had been on the radar of Sunbury Police for nearly a decade according to a former city police chief said. Former Sunbury Chief Steve Mazzeo, who served as the leader of the department from 2008 until 2014 and is now a patrolman, said 751 N. Front St., in Milton was a location the department looked at nearly 10 years ago. The address was the site of a week-long dig in June for the remains of Barbara Miller, the Sunbury woman who went missing 28 years ago. Two other police chiefs said although they never heard of the address being mentioned before, they support current Chief Tim Miller in the efforts to solve the 28-year-old cold case. Former Chief Rick Longenberger was heavily involved in the case in 2002 and former chief and now corporal, Brad Hare, said he was set to reopen the case in 2014, but department issues slowed down his efforts. Mazzeo said the Milton home and other properties were under review when he took over the department. "We had information that led us there and to multiple other locations," Mazzeo said. "I was told of the location when I was chief and told our investigators to make sure reports were made." Any reports made would be part of a police investigation and are not public, according to police. However, the home was never searched until June 8 when current police Chief Tim Miller served a search warrant. Sunbury Police supervised a week-long dig, during which a portion of the basement and cement walls of the two-story duplex were removed, seized and taken into police custody. Mazzeo said when he became chief in 2008, he spoke with former state trooper Cpl. Richard Bramhall Jr., who joined the investigation as part of assistance from the state police. Bramhall has since passed away, but Mazzeo said the two discussed the case for several months before Bramhall retired and stepped down from the investigation. "When he retired in 2011, he spent time with Sgt. Chris Blase, who was then put in charge of the case," Mazzeo said. "We had other department issues at the time and we were short on manpower, but we never stopped investigating any leads we received." One of those leads was the Milton home owned by former Northumberland County Judge Sam Ranck, and rented to Cathy Reitenbach, the sister of the lead suspect in the Barbara Miller case, Joesph Walter "Mike" Egan. Reitenbach died in January. Mazzeo said the information he received during his tenure as chief was that Reitenbach and Egan were not cooperative with police. "Blase said these people were not talking to us and were not easy to deal with," Mazzeo said. "I continued to say to him to put everything in reports, but again, our department at the time was very busy with several other cases." Mazzeo said the Milton home was one of many locations investigators discussed with the department. "This was one of multiple locations implicated in the homicide," Mazzeo said. "There were several other places in Milton that were mentioned, including a motorcycle clubhouse and also a quarry outside of Sunbury." Mazzeo did not say whether or not any of the locations were searched and Chief Miller declined to comment on any old investigative files. Mazzeo believes Barbara Miller might have had knowledge of criminal activity and that information eventually led to her death. "She hung around with a criminal operation," Mazzeo said. "She apparently had information that she was going to be bringing to police. The information we received at the time led our investigators to believe she had information on the Ricky Wolfe homicide." Wolfe, of Mifflinburg, was found beaten to death near a boat launch near Montandon in December 1986. Scott Schaeffer, 50, of Point Township, and Billy Hendricks, formerly of Sunbury, were both convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the Wolfe murder. Hendricks' and Schaeffer's sentences were overturned in 2004 and both were released after the new information was presented. Both Hendricks and Schaeffer agreed to plead no contest to third-degree murder. Barbara Miller leaves message Schaeffer spent 17 years in state prison. Bramhall later provided new information that showed Schaeffer was wrongfully convicted and Schaeffer was released in 2006 after the deal was struck in 2004. Mazzeo said Bramhall told him countless times that Schaeffer was a victim and spent time in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Barbara Miller left a message with Schaeffer's then-fiancee, Colette Carpenter, of Shamokin, while Schaeffer was awaiting his preliminary hearing in June 1989, according to Schaeffer. The message was that Barbara Miller had information that proved Schaeffer and Hendricks were not involved int he Wolfe murder. That message never made it to police, Schaeffer said. "My fiancee contacted the district attorney's office through my attorney and nothing was done," Schaeffer said. "I found out about it as soon as it happened and we tried to get the information to police. Then less than three weeks later, Barb went missing." Schaeffer said he spoke with his ex-fiancee after his release from prison about the message. She died in 2012, but Bramhall discovered, according to Mazzeo, that Schaeffer was telling the truth and the message was delivered. "Scott (Schaeffer) was not guilty of the crime Bramhall told over, over and over," Mazzeo said. "Bramhall told me about Barbara Miller having information on the murder of Wolfe and that both these cases are tied together. All that information was also told to our investigators when I was chief and I told each person to write their reports and make the the proper documents." Chief Miller also addressed the alleged connection to the two cases. "I am well aware of the fact Mr. Schaeffer was convicted of a crime he did not commit," Chief Miller said. "If there is a link we will find it. We owe that to Mr. Schaeffer and his family." Two former chiefs behind current investigation Cpl. Hare, who ran the department from 2014 until late 2015, said he was also aware of the Barbara Miller case and even wanted to reopen it, but the department was dealing with ongoing pressing issues during his tenure. Hare was involved in a shooting that left him on the sidelines for several weeks and then internal issues with police misconduct involving an officer took Hare's attention, he said. Hare said any chief in the department would want he case solved. "I, unfortunately, did not get the chance to reopen the case," Hare said. "But I commend Chief Miller as our leader and for taking this on and I am behind him 100 percent." Longenberger said he has wanted the case to be solved for a long time. "This is about getting closure for the family," Longenberger said. "I am behind Chief Miller 100 percent in all that he is doing." 'Barking up wrong tree' Former Chief Walter Brosious, who served from 1979-1982, said in a letter that police naming Egan — a Sunbury police detective from 1972 to 1981 — as the lead suspect in the case could result in legal action in the future because of the lack of evidence against Egan for 28 years. "No other names in all 28 years was brought to the public attention like Egan," Brosious wrote. "To relentlessly, for countless years smear this man's name is just looking for legal confrontation in the future." Chief Miller countered Brosious' claims and said Egan along with Harry Catherman, of Lewisburg, were mentioned in police documents for years. Egan was mentioned publicly as a suspect by law enforcement dating back to 2002, according to Chief Miller. Milton residence was a topic of discussion Chief Tim Miller reopened the case in March and less than three months later served a search warrant at the Milton home in June. For a week, investigators tore up a basement and removed walls from the residence after seven cadaver dogs alerted to the possibility of human remains at the property. Police collected the evidence and recruited world-renowned forensic scientist Dr. Henry Lee to help investigate the case. Lee operates the self-named Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science in West Haven, Conn. He has consulted on more than 8,000 criminal cases in 46 countries including the O.J. Simpson and JonBenet Ramsey cases. "As for what was or wasn't on the radar over the years is immaterial to me," Tim Miller said. "I was not here and I will not speculate. In regards to the Milton dig, a very difficult decision had to be made. It was not easy and the weight of that decision was enormous. I believe in following the evidence and it pointed me there. It was probably one of the biggest decisions I have ever had to make in my life. Luckily, I had the support of an entire community behind me." Chief Miller, who is not related to Barbara Miller, said no day-to-day work in the department has been slowed down because of the investigation. "I can understand how easy it is to become bogged down, however, I refuse to allow that to hinder me or my department from seeking the truth," Chief Miller said. "Not on my watch." Barbara Miller, no matter what her background may be, was a person, Chief Miller said. "She was a member of this community but more importantly she was someone's mother. Since opening this case, there have been many sleepless nights," Chief Miller said. "Many times I ask myself over and over why I continue to be a policeman. It is meetings like the one I had with Eddie Miller in my office that answer that question for me." Chief Miller said the odds are against him in the case. "There is a quote by Theodore Roosevelt that states, 'in any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing and the worst thing you can do is nothing,'" Chief Miller said. "I consider myself to be a realist and I know that according to statistics only 1 in 3 homicides are ever solved. It would be easy to become discouraged by those statistics and to just give up on this case. But I believe that the Miller family deserves closure. Not the kind that comes from closing a door in their faces. I believe in this case, our community believes in this case, and I will stand with them regardless of the outcome." Mazzeo agreed with Miller. “She was a person and the family deserves closure,” Mazzeo said. |
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| tatertot | Aug 11 2017, 02:08 PM Post #10 |
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http://wnep.com/2017/08/10/crews-find-evid...ller-cold-case/ Crews Find Evidence Underwater in Barbara Miller Cold Case POSTED 11:55 AM, AUGUST 10, 2017, BY NIKKI KRIZE, UPDATED AT 04:53PM, AUGUST 10, 2017 WEST CHILLISQUAQUE TOWNSHIP -- Crews searching a pond near Sunbury found new evidence in connection with a nearly 30-year-old cold case in Northumberland County. Authorities said the county coroner has been called to the scene. Sunbury police tell Newswatch 16 they found evidence in the pond in West Chillisquaque Township, near Montandon in Northumberland County. Sunbury police said they found what they were looking for. They found a container buried in the pond but would not say what is in that container. The yellow container holds evidence in the 1989 Barbara Miller cold case homicide, according to Sunbury police. Investigators spent around eight hours searching this pond along Route 45 near Montandon. Miller went missing in 1989. Her case was recently reopened. Police tell Newswatch 16 after months of interviews, the next phase of their investigation led them here. They found the particular piece of evidence they were looking for and carried it away inside a yellow container. Police would not say exactly what that evidence is only that it was a container buried in the pond. Miller disappeared in July of 1989 and her body was never found. According to the search warrant, the prime suspect in Miller's disappearance is Joseph Egan, who goes by the nickname "Mike." He is a former Sunbury police detective and Miller's ex-boyfriend. In early June, the cold case was reopened when police spent close to one week searching a house in Milton. Evidence was taken from that house and is being looked over by forensic experts. On Wednesday night, Sunbury police and a state police forensic unit were at the last home where Barbara Miller lived in Sunbury. Authorities also took pieces of evidence from the house. Over the past few months, police have done many interviews and say their investigation led them here. Several people who live along Route 45 came outside to watch. "Growing up when I was younger, we used to fish in this pond a long time ago so that really hits home that they're searching here and there might be something," said Greg Murphy. Bill Bastian thought this was part of a different missing person investigation in this area. "A few years ago there was a guy missing, Gricar the D.A., I thought they were looking for him." Sunbury police confirmed that this search was connected to the Barbara Miller case. They are looking over that evidence they found in the pond and are expected to come out with a statement shortly. An earlier version of this report indicated that crews were searching the Susquehanna River. That was incorrect. |
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| tatertot | Aug 22 2017, 12:46 PM Post #11 |
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http://wnep.com/2017/08/20/memorial-servic...barbara-miller/ Memorial Service for Barbara Miller Posted 11:33 pm, August 20, 2017, by Bill Michlowski SUNBURY — People in Sunbury remembered a woman who has been missing nearly three decades. They gathered at Cameron Park Sunday to pay their respects to Barbara Miller. Friends of Miller released 28 balloons into the air, one for each year she has been missing. She was last seen in 1989. The investigation into Miller’s disappearance reopened in June when police spent nearly a week searching a home in Milton. Then last week, police say they found new evidence connected to the case in a pond near Sunbury. Investigators believe Miller was murdered, but her body was never found. People at Sunday’s memorial service say they hope an arrest is made soon and the case is closed. Friends say they remember Miller for the life she lived, the people she touched, and the person she was. |
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| Ell | Aug 27 2017, 06:57 PM Post #12 |
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Tests on a hunk of concrete may soon solve the 1989 disappearance of a young mother - by determining whether her remains were fed through a wood chipper and then entombed in the basement of a duplex. Sunbury Police Chief Tim Miller announced earlier this month that preliminary results showed the three-ton slab of concrete contained wood chips, and he's waiting to see if they also hold the remains of Barbara Elizabeth Miller. A forensic pathologist is 'dissecting the walls, so to speak, piece by piece, hammer-and-chisel type, looking for the smallest of clues,' Miller, no relation to Barbara Miller, said last week. He called it 'mere speculation if a wood chipper was or wasn't used. Obviously the presence of wood chips in a concrete wall is highly suspicious.' Read more:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-48...l#ixzz4r0Fea3uh Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
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| Ell | Aug 27 2017, 06:58 PM Post #13 |
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| tatertot | Aug 29 2017, 06:31 PM Post #14 |
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http://www.wtae.com/article/police-concret...%3A+New+Content Police: Concrete slab may hold remains of long-missing Pennsylvania woman AP Updated: 8:00 AM EDT Aug 28, 2017 MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press MILTON, Pa. — Investigators hope tests on a three-ton hunk of concrete will soon solve the 1989 disappearance of a young mother, by determining whether her remains were fed through wood chipper and then entombed in the basement of a Pennsylvania duplex. Sunbury Police Chief Tim Miller announced earlier this month that preliminary results showed the concrete contained wood chips, and he's waiting to see if they also hold the remains of Barbara Elizabeth Miller. A forensic pathologist is "dissecting the walls, so to speak, piece by piece, hammer-and-chisel type, looking for the smallest of clues," Miller, no relation to Barbara Miller, said last week. He called it "mere speculation if a wood chipper was or wasn't used. Obviously the presence of wood chips in a concrete wall is highly suspicious." An affidavit used to obtain a search warrant for the Milton home disclosed that investigators believe the woman may have been killed by her ex-boyfriend, a onetime Sunbury policeman named Joseph Walter "Mike" Egan. Egan "is and has been the lead suspect in this case since 1989," the chief wrote in the affidavit. Egan, a Northumberland resident who trims trees for a living, on Friday flatly denied he had anything to do with Barbara Miller's disappearance. "They're way off base," Egan said, then promised to have his lawyer provide additional comment later in the day. He declined to name his attorney, and no one called back. The police affidavit said that several people have said that over the years, Egan would talk about driving past his sister's home in Milton to "visit" his "old lady," the same building where police seized the massive chunk of cement currently being examined. Egan, 69, who in 1988 was paroled after serving six years in state prison for receiving stolen property and other offenses, a crime he committed as a police officer, reported her missing five days after she disappeared, then moved into her home. The affidavit says Barbara Miller, then 30 years old, had complained to police in the months before she disappeared about Egan, and days before she vanished, told friends she feared for her life. Her teenage son, Eddie Miller Jr., said she and Egan had a fight on June 30, 1989, the night she disappeared, over her plans to attend a friend's wedding without him. Eddie Miller also recalled that the morning after the wedding, Egan was driving his mother's car, and the tires were covered with yellow clay that he thought was related to concrete work. "Let me tell you something," Egan said Friday before ending the brief interview. "It was my car, not her car." Seventeen years later, a judge declared Barbara Miller dead, but in recent years the Sunbury Daily Item began looking at the case again, and encouraged Tim Miller to investigate after he became police chief last year. "This is most action this case has ever seen, and you can't ask for more than that," said Daily Item reporter Francis Scarcella. "There's no miracle, but we've got the attention of people now." Tim Miller said an informant told him in May that Egan's sister, Cathy Reitenbach, who in 1989 rented from a judge the Milton home where the concrete slab has been recovered, told the informant in about 1990 that Reitenbach had been one of the last people to see Barbara Miller alive. Reitenbach died in January. The chief found a 2009 report in department files that Barbara Miller's remains were in the Milton home, but apparently the tip was not pursued. He also located a 2004 report "that Egan put a body inside the wall of a home," and three people who have said Egan would "get high on cocaine and drive by a home in Milton to 'check on his old lady,'" Tim Miller wrote in the affidavit. The Milton home's current owners let investigators into the basement, where they found "highly suspicious construction," including a concrete floor that was added on, with portions of what appeared to be hand-mixed concrete. A small room in the basement, Tim Miller wrote, "was very peculiar," with thick concrete walls and an exhaust fan. Another informant, the chief said in the affidavit, told him that Reitenbach's close friend, Harry Catherman, once told someone that if they did not pay a drug debt, they would "end up just like Barbara Miller did in Cathy's basement." Catherman hung up when contacted for comment. In early June, police brought in more than a half-dozen cadaver-smelling dogs, and they all separately alerted that human remains may be present in the basement or in material taken from the basement. During a subsequent weeklong dig, police hauled the massive rectangular chunk of cement from the basement, leading to last week's announcement that it contains wood chips. Barbara Miller's former home in Sunbury was also searched, and investigators are keeping quiet about what they found in a metal barrel recovered during an Aug. 10 search of a nearby pond. Barbara Miller was last seen by her friends at about 8 p.m., putting flowers from the wedding into her car. She said she was headed home to change and would meet them later at a bar. |
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