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Shamokin man pleads guilty to 2018 murder of Kasandra Ortiz

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Jose Colon, 46, pleaded guilty to 64 criminal counts, including third-degree murder, in the 2018 shooting death of Casandra Ortiz. He will be sentenced in September. Colon confessed following his arrest to striking Ortiz in the head and face outside her apartment at 409 N. Rock St., Shamokin, on Feb. 26, 2018. He told police he dragged the bloodied woman to a nearby dirt lot at Rock and Spurzheim streets where he shot her once and left her body before fleeing the scene.

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Shamokin man pleads guilty to 2018 murder of Kasandra Ortiz

SUNBURY — A 46-year-old Shamokin man charged in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Kasandra Ortiz has pleaded guilty to all 64 criminal counts lodged against him following the 2018 crime.

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The Daily Item broke the news in United States on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.
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