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     Lindy Sue Biechler was 19 in 1975. She worked at a Lancaster, Pennsylvania florist's shop. Lindy dreamed of owning her own floral shop one day.    Her husband of 15 months, Phil Biechler, was studying art and working his way through college.    Lindy entered her apartment at 104 Kloss Drive with bags of groceries in hand on December 5th, 1975 when a killer attacked her in her kitchen. She was stabbed dozens of times and died there on her kitchen floor. The killer also sexually assaulted her after her death. He left behind DNA evidence of this assault.    Lindy was found by relatives of hers who had stopped by. The shock must have been terrible. Those relatives’ screams alerted neighbors who called the police.    Phil, Lindy’s husband of only 15 months, was called at work and told to come home. He was informed there about Lindy having been viciously attacked and killed. Phil said he did not remember m...

       Cynthia Nosek was born on December 8th, 1960 to Joann Haring Wagner and Jerome Nosek in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Her father does not seem to have been in her life very much. His address was listed as unknown in her obituary.)    Cynthia attended Mahanoy Area High School in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania. That is east of Shamokin and south of Hazelton if you are thinking about any other recent cases we have discussed. Mahanoy City is west of Philadelphia out in coal country in central Pennsylvania. Cynthia’s family lived in Barnesville.    This area of Pennsylvania is beautiful. Picture rolling forested hills and valleys. Streams and rivers run through the land. People fish and hunt for recreation. The fall colors are very beautiful as well. (Hunting and fishing involve quite a bit of lead exposure. Combine that with cheap lead paint in blue collar housing and lead in the gasoline and it is not surprising that so many violent kil...