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1976 Slaying Of Cherry Tree GirlFour Men Arrested On Murder ChargeBy BILL GRAFFGrade AaililMl EditorCHEERY TREE — Statepolice from Indiana and Huntingdon have arrested four men in connection with the July 31.1976 shooting death of Deann Katherine Long. 15. of Cherry Tree RD 2.The four suspects arrested Thursday and charged with homicide and complicity were:— Joseph Victor Receskey, 30. of Cherry Tree RD 2, arrested at his residence at 7:20 a.m.— John Robert Lynch, 25, of Commodore RD 1. arrested at his home at 7:45 a.m.— Lewis James Fogle, 29. arrested at II :45 a.m. near his home at Brady’s Trailer Court, Indiana RD 4, White Township.— Dennis Eugene Fogle. 27, of Huntingdon RD 1, arrested at 3:55 p.m. at his home in Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County, with assistance from Troop G of the state police in Huntingdon.Lieutenant Glenn A. Walp, Indiana station commander, and Captain Blair E. Swis-tock. Commander of Troop A. said the arrests stem from an intensive 4^-year investigation conducted by troopersfrom Indiana in conjunction with the Indiana County District Attorney’s office.Long and her then-12-year-old sister Lola had been walking along Route 580 near their home around 4 p.m. on July 30,1976, when a white male in a dark blue sedan stopped. He told them their brother had been in an accident and he would drive the older sister to the scene.Deann Long’s brother had not been in an accident and when she didn’t return home later that night state police were notified. Her body was found the next day by a neighbor in a wooded area about 300 yards from her home.Tests completed at the Allegheny County Morgue revealed that Long had been raped and then shot in the back of the head with a small-caliber gun. The description of the abductor by Long’s sister was the starting point of the lengthy state police investigation.Receskey, Lynch and Lewis Fogle were arraigned before District Magistrate Geraldine M. Wilkins of Clymer.Dennis Fogle was arraigned following his arrest before District Magistrate James H. Kypcr at Huntingdon. He wastaken to Clymer and charged with homicide before Wilkins, then fingerprinted at the Indiana station before being remanded to Bedford County Jail.Receskey was taken to Indiana County Jail, Lynch to Clearfield County Jail and Lewis Fogle to Cambria County Jail.Walp said the four will face a preliminary hearing before Wilkins at 1:30 p.m. March 25, unless their attorneys request time extensions.Thornburgh Nixes Tax IncreaseHARRISBURG lt;AP - Despite his tax commission’s recommendation. Gov. Dick Thornburgh says there’ll be no increase in the state’s personal income lax rate.The Pennsylvania Tax Commission. created by Thornburgh in 1979. issued its final report Thursday and proposed a small tax increase to balance other tax reductions. The change, from 2.2 percent to 2.28 percent, amounts to an extra $50 million a year.“I must say I reject any raise in the income tax at this time. ’ Thornburgh said. ”1 don’t want to take any action on specific recommendations without reading the full report.Thornburgh said he and his cabinet will review the $167,000 report before deciding which parts should be introduced in the Legislature.He said tax cuts in such areas as inheritance tax and on interest income could be paid for by further trimming government spending.(©eatfysObituaries on Page 21BRASH, Pippino Thomas, 53 , 204 Areola St., Garden City. Mich., formerly of BeyerBYRNE. Roxanna J.. 57. S28M» Maple Ave. Extension. BlairsvilleHOLLIS. John C„ 81. 32 S. 16th St., IndianaLaDOVICH, Vincent, «, Brenizer RD 3 tBlairv villelVERONA. Jnlia. 74, SaltsbnrgDance Saturday. Hotel Hnmer M till 7 Fz-lir**''Murder suspect Dennis Eugene Fogle, 27, of Huntingdon HD 1, is escorted by stote police trooper John Sokol offer his arrest Thursday along with three others in connection with the shooting death of 15-year-old Deann Katherine Long of Cherry Tree RD 2 in 1976. (Gazette photo by Beale)
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Indiana Gazette
Indiana, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Mar 20, 1981
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