ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Allegheny County, PA

Bernice Lanier — Unsolved Homicide (2000)

Bernice Lanier was killed near the trailhead in Allegheny County, PA in 2000. The death was ruled a homicide caused by injuries consistent with an assault, no one has been charged, and the file is still open.

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Rows of old filing cabinets in a dim municipal archive room
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 2000

    The victim was last seen leaving the trailhead and was found two days later.

  2. 2004

    A witness recanted a key statement and the case stalled.

  3. 2019

    The family filed a public records suit and obtained the case binder.

  4. Recently

    Ledger contributors indexed the public record and opened the case for review.

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