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Monica Renee Jones:1979, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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    Monica Renee Jones   Monica Renee Jones was born on July 31st, 1960 to Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Jones. She grew up in Philadelphia. Monica had 2 older brothers, Warren and Robert.    Monica graduated in 1978 from Girl’s High School in Philadelphia, which is a magnet school for gifted and talented students. Monica was a very bright and serious student who wanted to become a pediatrician or a child psychologist.    Monica came from a studious and very accomplished family. Her brother, Robert Jones, was an aide to Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Justice, Robert N.C. Nix.    In the Fall of 1978, She went off to college. Monica attended the University of Pittsburgh, which is also known as Pitt, planning to study for her career in medicine. Pitt was known to be an excellent school for science.    On Wednesday, January 3rd, 1979, at around 11 p.m. Monica went down to the laundry room. She had clothes in the dryer th...
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Doris Joanne Girtz:Found 1979, Watts Township, Pennsylvania

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     Doris J. Girtz circa 1971   Doris Joanne Girtz was born in 1954 or 1955.    She went to Streetsboro High School in Streetsboro, Ohio. That is a small town east of the Cleveland/Akron area along Interstate 80.    I haven’t been able to find out much about her early life. I did find that she married a man named Robert L. Keeton on September 13th, 1973. I didn’t find anything in the newspapers about their wedding. I found that the two divorced in 1974. Robert Keeton sued for divorce on the grounds of gross neglect of duty. Was Doris already missing then? Or had the marriage just broken down?   The next time the name "Doris Joanne Girtz" is found in any available documents it was because her body was finally identified.    In late June of 1979 a man was out rock collecting along the Juniata River in Watts Township near Duncannon, Pennsylvania. He happened upon a set of skeletal remains and contacted the ...
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Marise Chivarella:1964, Hazelton, Pennsylvania

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    James P. Forte was on the job as a bartender when he collapsed and died in 1980. His death was a terrible shock to his family and friends.   James Paul Forte was buried with great honor at his church. A Monsignor even presided over the Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Grace Church.   He was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Drums, PA. near his hometown with military honors as well.  James Paul Forte circa 1959   James had grown up in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Born in 1941 to Pauline and Genero Forte; he had joined the Army after graduating from Hazelton high school. He served in Vietnam. He was actually in the Army from 1959 to 1965.    While serving in Vietnam we do know, however, that he had some leave and was home in March of 1964. How do we know that tiny detail after all these years later?  That’s a long story.    On March 18th, 1964, Marise Chivarella, of 533 Alter Street was walki...
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