Keystone Cold Cases

Episode 60: Susan Cerritelli - Missing (1983)

Susan Cerritelli disappeared on May 11, 1983. 3 days later her husband reported her missing to police. All of her family was out of state, but said that it was odd that she would discontinue communication with them.  A missing person investigation began immediately and her husband with an especially violent past quickly became the prime suspect, but 39 years later no trace of Susan has ever been found.  

Episode 59: Jennifer ”Jenny” Barziloski - Murdered (2001)

Jennifer Barziloski, who was known as Jenny, was 18 year old when she went missing on June 23rd, 2001. She was last with Steve Martin at the bar C Majors Bar on Main St in Edwardsville, PA. Then on April 2nd, 2010, Jenny’s skull was discovered less than a mile from Steve’s residence. They were unable to find any other bones or clues at that location. Her family is still desperate for answers. Listen as Chelsea tells the story and discusses details and theories with Grace and Sarah. Sources and images available on kccpod.com. 

Episode 58: Margaret Martin - Murdered (1938)

Smart, young, recent college grad Margaret Martin went missing after responding to a call for a job interview in December of 1938. She had no clue she was walking to her death at only 19 years old. Just 4 days later another 19-year old was checking his muskrat traps when he discovered something floating in the creek. Unfortunately, he had just found Margaret’s body. Listen as Sarah tells the story and discusses theories with Chelsea and Grace.

Episode 57: Cassandra Gross - Murdered (2018) and Shirley Saxon - Murdered (1997)

Cassandra Gross was last heard from on April 7, 2018.  Days later her dog was found wandering alone along a road in Unity Township and shortly after her car was found near Twin Lakes Park in Hempfield Township, burned.  She was legally declared dead in 2019 and though her body has never been recovered, it is considered a homicide investigation. Listen as Grace tells the story and discusses theories with Sarah. Stick around to hear Grace tell the story of Shirley Saxon and discuss theories with Chelsea. Shirley Mae Saxon’s home in Perry Township/Uniontown (Fayette County) burned down in 1997.  Her body was found inside and the fire was ruled an arson by the State Police Fire Marshal.  Her 40 year-old boyfriend denies having anything to do with the fire or her death and refuses to cooperate in the investigation.  The status of her case is officially cold. Sources and details available at kccpod.com

Episode 56: Phylicia Thomas - Missing (2004)

Phylicia finished her shift at Pump-N-Pantry on February 11th 2004 and went home. Her boyfriend at the time was at home asleep on the couch when she got in. He woke up when she entered the house and remembered she asked where the beer was before going back to sleep. After she went outside to get a beer she vanished. There has been some grizzly local town gossip of what happened but still no solid leads. Listen as Chelsea tells the story and discusses theories with Grace. 

Episode 55: UPDATES

In this week's extra-long episode to celebrate one year of KCC, listen as Chelsea, Grace, and Sarah discuss recaps and updates for the cases that were covered in the first six months of the podcast. All information is available through original blogposts on kccpod.com 

Episode 54: Diane Wolf - Missing (1999)

Diane Wolf was going through her typical Friday schedule after she left her shift at Hanover foods on January 31st, 1999. She stopped home to drop off her lunchbox and some Avon products then left to go run her typical errands. The last sighting of her was when she stopped at Allfirst Bank and deposited her paycheck. She was recorded on surveillance at 7:33AM and after that it is a mystery. Other than town gossip there haven’t been many leads over the past 23 years. 

Episode 53: Barbara Ann Mangus - Murdered (1974)

While walking home from a work Christmas party after a spat with her husband, Barbara Ann Mangus went missing. Two weeks later, on New Year’s Eve, she was found murdered. Her primary injury was strangulation. Investigators were left to put fragments of stories together to create one narrative in an attempt to solve the mystery of what happened to Barbara Ann Mangus that December night in 1974. Listen as Sarah tells the story and discusses theories with Chelsea. 

Episode 52:”The West Coast Video Murders” Bryan Benson and Seann Campbell - Murdered (1993)

The brutal murder of two young men in a video rental store in a Warminster shopping center in November of 1993 became known as the West Coast Video Murders.  No one has ever been charged with the murders, investigators have never even announced a suspect, despite having DNA evidence and possibly the murder weapon.  Bryan and Seann’s families remain desperate for answers 28 years later.  Who killed Bryan Benson and Seann Campbell? Listen as Grace tells the story and exchanges theories with Chelsea and Sarah. Sources and images available at kccpod.com. 

Episode 51: Rocco Marinaro - Murdered (2012) AND Michelle Farr - Murdered (1980)

Rocco Marinaro was walking home from eating out at a restaurant in Allentown. He was found shot inside his enclosed porch in 2012 and to date no persons of interest have been released. The Allentown police did release a clip of surveillance footage of Rocco walking home that they believe could lead to more information. They are looking to help identify two people who were seen shortly after Rocco passed the camera. 

 

Michelle Farr ran a typical errand to the grocery store only two blocks away from her home. On her way home she was abducted. The following day her body was found in Lake Nockamixon. This case has been unsolved for 41 years and 6 year old Michelle deserves justice.

Listen as Chelsea tells the stories and discusses theories with Grace. Sources and information available at kccpod.com