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Former Norwich Couple’s Daughter Found Slain In !N.J.Special to The Evening Sun.MIDLAND PARK, N.J. — The daughter of a former Norwich couple was found strangled Thursday in a swampy, wooded area a few blocks from her Ber. gen County home here.Thirteen-year-old JackjeHarp, a brown-haired, brown.eyed junior high school student,had been choked with a leathersling used to support a flagstaff. The dead girl had beena flag bearer in a fife and drum corps.She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Harp, 130 Birch St., Midland Park. Mrs. Harp is the former Myra Craw, ley of Norwich. Mr. Harp also lived in Norwich and the couple were married in the Chenango County community. The dead girl’s maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Craw-ley of 17 Miller St., Norwich. Mrs. Harp attended Norwich schools.The dead girl's father is anephew of Mrs. George Harp of 10 Baldwin Street and her late husband. He attended schools in Greene and is the son of Mrs. Frederick (Mary) Harp of Greene. His father is dead. A cousin, Donald Harp, lives on Columbus Road, New Berlin.The New Jersey man held various jobs when he and his wife lived on Miller Street in Norwich. These include Montgomery Wards, where his wife also had worked, and as a driver for Arrow Laundry and Norwich Dry Cleaners. Mr. Harp, In his mid-thirties, and his wife moved to New Jersey approximately sevenyears a^o, according to relatives in Norwict.Detectives have no suspects in the death of 13.year-old School girl, killed as she went home from a Wednesday night drum and bugle practice session ather school.The girl's fully-clothed body was found Thursday sprawled in a wooded ravine after her mother reported her missing. According to police, there were no signs of sexual assault, but her face had apparently been beaten. The sling was bound around her throat.An autops • report had not been completed Thursday.Police questioned more than 30 friends and associates of the popular teen-ager who had three older sisters, Capt. Robert Van-derolock s lt;id. But we have little to go on so far. he added.The body was found at 6;45a.m. bv a man viking his dof in the swampy ravine lt;t the end of Morrow Rd. Shortly after Midland Park Radio Patrolman Richard Mower al.sn arrived onthe scene.She was the youngest of fivedaughters. Two ar* married andtwo are single. Itckie whoseformal name of Jar jueline Was rarely used, w lt;s lt;popular eighth, grader at Midland p ,rk Junior High School.Her mother, who riginally reported her mis at 1:05 a.m.Thursday, w s reported unler sedattnn and feeing Comforted by the family m r it the cape Cod-type horn** on Birch St*Mr. Harp, iiwtur;* r f a Midland Park supermarket, known as Your C orner Store, was m Toledo, Ohio * iking t - ix* week training course -a-hen his daugh-ter vvs found slain.Jackie, i 5 fo i 2, 100-pounder, left her home at 7 p.m.\V?dnesday for a practice session of the Midland Imperial Knights Fife and Drum Corps at the municipal recreation field on DiarySt*, about three-quarters of a mile from her home. She had joined the corps a year ago. The group competes with other organisations.Police Chief John Molenstrasaid it was possible she had taken a short cut through the swampv area which is midwaj between the recreation field andher home.She was last seen alive by her close friend, Cindy Neill, 13 of 190 Hillside Ave., Wyckoff, N.J. at 9;30 p.m. Wednesday.Cindv had also been at the practice session and her motherhad picked her up to drive her home# As they drove down Glen \v*\f they saw Jackie walking home alone. It was explained later that the reason they had not. '•v.fK': - K .. .given her a lift wms that Mrs. Neill had to rush home to take an ailing member of the family to the hospital.Bergen County Prosecutor GuyCalissi confirmed that th«• £irl hail been strangled with her own leather flag staff sling.The bodv was found by I,. Courtier in a clearing in the woods.The rear of Courtier\s home at 10 Morrow Rd, faces the spot where the body was found, about 70 feet away. About 100 feet to the other side is the factory ofMontabert Co*, silk weavers. The factory operates on a ^ 1-hourbasis.-VW*;m . i .mHH•* ''Jr- •: ''*V'JACKIE HARPr—*TH E*Vol. 78, No. 78Friday, July 19, 1968 - Notwich, New York 138151Oc Per Copy
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