Post by Scumhunter on Feb 4, 2018 1:14:37 GMT -5
(Above: Surveillance images of person who may have information in 2006 homicide of Patricia Moreton. Photo Credits: The Citizen's Voice)
From citizensvoice.com:
WILKES-BARRE — City police are trying to locate a man who mysteriously showed up at Tuesday’s vigil regarding a 12-year-old unsolved murder and made new claims about the cold case that startled family.
Family members of Patricia Moreton said the unidentified man showed up as the vigil ended and made accusations about the 2006 slaying.
“In 12 years, this is the very first time anyone has said anything. I don’t know if it means something or if the guy was just blowing smoke,” Moreton’s sister, Cathy Stephens, said Friday.
Stephens, 54, of Larksville, said police have told the family not to reveal what the man alleged until they can talk to him and investigate.
Moreton, 35, was found slain with a gunshot wound to her head on Jan. 31, 2006, inside her apartment at 340 Hazle St. in the city.
The man told Stephens he read about the planned vigil Tuesday while at a local doughnut shop and then traveled to the event at the Luzerne County Courthouse to tell family what he knew about the case.
Wilkes-Barre police obtained surveillance photos of the man and posted them on their Facebook page. They said the man is “believed to have information related to an ongoing case.”
Stephens confirmed the man in the photo is the man who approached her and her sister after the vigil Tuesday.
She said she wanted him to go to the police station with them, but he declined and left.
“He said, ‘OK. I feel better now. I’m going on my way,’” she recalled.
Stephens then reported the incident to Wilkes-Barre police.
City police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down the man. They said he is believed to frequent downtown Wilkes-Barre.
Anyone with information can call Wilkes-Barre detectives at 570-208-4222.
m.citizensvoice.com/news/police-seek-man-for-info-on-unsolved-murder-1.2298060
2016 article on the case: m.citizensvoice.com/news/w-b-woman-s-family-still-searching-for-answers-10-years-after-her-murder-1.2001642
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