Chapter 3 - Where's Dennis? Thursday December 23, 1965 - Friday December 24, 1965 According to later accounts Dennis Sites arrived at the Rising Sun Hotel between 8:00 and 8:30 the evening of December 23 and ordered a beer, the first of many he would consume that night, from the proprietor, Donald Ray Strickler. He … Continue reading Chapter 3 – Where’s Dennis?

Chapter 2 - Carrie Saturday June 17, 1899 - Thursday December 23, 1965 Supplementary documents such as marriage license applications, census records, etc., can be found on the Carrie page. Kathryn Mae Nissley was born on Saturday June 17, 1899, but other than on her birth certificate, she was rarely referred to as Kathryn again. … Continue reading Chapter 2 – Carrie

Chapter 1 - A Broken Window Friday December 24, 1965 Mrs. Ethel Steinmetz looked at the sky as she walked the short block from her home at 22 Poplar Street to the house on the corner of Linden shortly after 11:00 on the morning of December 24. A few clouds were in sight, and the … Continue reading Chapter 1 – A Broken Window

Prologue - 1965 January 1965 - Thursday December 23, 1965 It seemed like it was going to be a quiet Christmas season in Richland, Pennsylvania, that December, 1965. Events in the rest of the world weren’t impinging too much on residents of this small borough in Lebanon County with a population just short of 1300 … Continue reading Prologue – 1965

Murder in a Small Town - Introduction May 2024 I’ve been wanting to write about this case for some time. It was well over ten years ago that my sister reminded me of the biggest story to hit the Borough of Richland during the time we were living there, i.e., the murder of the 66 … Continue reading Murder in a Small Town – Introduction