"There was a serial killer in Washington County": 2 cold case murders connected to 1 man

A serial killer murdered 2 Washington County teens in 1970s — and there could be more victims, authorities say

Two teenage girls strangled to death in Washington County in the 1970s were killed by the same man — now identified 50 years later as the late James...

"There was a serial killer in Washington County": 2 cold case murders connected to 1 man

Two Washington County cold cases from the 1970s have been linked to the same man through DNA, state police say. Troopers say the investigation isn't over and there may be more victims.

DNA Solves 50-Year-Old Cold Case Tying Trucker to Two Murders

NewsFinale NewsFinale Journal Nearly five decades after two Pennsylvania women were murdered, investigators have identified a long-haul trucker as the suspected killer through advances in DNA technology. James Richard Clark, who died at age 66 in 2023, was linked to the deaths of Susan Rush, 21, and Brenda Ritter, 18. Both women were sexually assaulted and strangled in […]

Washington County Cold Case Murders Linked to Dead Trucker

Pennsylvania State Police say DNA ties James Richard Clark Sr. to the 1970s murders of Susan Rush and Brenda Ritter in Washington County.