Found Deceased PA - White Haven, 'Beth Doe' & Unborn Baby 169UFPA, 16-22, Dec'76 *Evelyn Colon* *Arrest* #3

[dotr]

Apr 14, 2021 / 11:30 AM EDT video.
Colon Cold Case Update | Eyewitness News
''LEHIGHTON, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) — State Police in Carbon County held a news conference to discuss the homicide cold case of Evelyn Colon.

Colon, who was pregnant at the time, was brutally murdered in 1976. Now, 44 years later, her former boyfriend Luis Sierra has been charged.

Reporter Nicole Rogers will have coverage of the news conference on later editions of Eyewitness News''.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

State troopers on Wednesday would not discuss whether they believe Colon was killed elsewhere and dumped in Carbon County, or whether the crime occurred in Pennsylvania.

Sierra is being held without bail.
New York man accused of grisly, 44-year-old Beth Doe murder extradited to Pa., now ‘very cooperative’ with authorities

 

[Justice4bethdoe]

Finally, a better picture of Evelyn. She was beautiful Ancestry database led to ID of 1976 homicide victim, police say

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Ancestry database led to ID of 1976 homicide victim, police say

From above link.

 

[ntt1]

I had an inkling that it was @othram involved, though I'm sure they were limited in what they cold say up until now. Amazing work, as always.

 

[cvaldez1975]

it seems like he hasnt had another felony, because if he had, he should have matched to baby Emily's DNA and i dont think he could have driven for MTA.

 

[CCJD]

COLD CASE MURDER SUSPECT: This is our first look at 63-year-old Luis Sierra of Ozone Park, NY. He’s charged with the 1976 homicide of Evelyn Colon and their unborn baby girl.
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[Arz]

His face is exactly how I imagined,Evil.

 

[Susikatze]

His eyes are very cold. After all that time. I am sure he never laid a hand on anybody after killing Evelyn and he worked, got married, had kids, was friendly with the neighbors.

But you cannot escape your past. Good he is cooperative with the authorities, though. He knows the game is over.

 

[Sneaker33]

It is possible he did it all by himself, but he would have to be pretty strong to drive down the highway with one hand and throw three suitcases out the window with the other. Also there might be a religious reason in the way she was murdered Ezekiel 23:25 talks about removing the nose and ears of unfaithful women. He might have found out the child wasnt his after he made her go get a DNA test.

Not possible for her to have had a DNA test in 1976 although he was abusive and controlling. Perhaps believed it was not his child or used it as an excuse. How he could have done such a gruesome killing makes me suspicious if he had experience.

 

[Redux]

Wow, I live in this area, and I had no idea she'd been ID'd! And arrests made!

I need to read our local news more. So glad to hear this news.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“Luis Sierra from Ozone Park was charged with one count of criminal homicide. Charges were filed shortly after his interview with Trooper Null in New York where he was taken into custody,” Carbon County District Attorney Michael Greek said.

Sierra is accused of killing two people, Evelyn Colon and her unborn baby girl. Could we see a second count of criminal homicide?

“That’s one of those things we have to address. Obviously in 1976, laws were different and didn’t provide for a homicide of an unborn child. There’s other investigative tools we are using now to determine whether a charge will be made for that case,” Greek said.

Either way, justice is in motion and a family now has closure after 44 years. Sierra is awaiting a preliminary hearing tentatively scheduled for April 28th.
Cold Case Update | Eyewitness News

 

[Feme98]

Evelyn’s most recent photograph.

 

[dotr]

KEVN
Ancestry site helps police solve cold case killing of pregnant teen
''At a press conference Wednesday, State Police said they’re hopeful this isn’t the last case that gets solved with the help of genealogical websites. With the growing DNA databases helping to solve more and more cases across the country, they say there’s no limit to what could be accomplished.

“We do have other cases right now we are working on with that in mind,” said Police Lt. Devon Brutoksy. “By us submitting DNA and that getting put into public databases, which have tens of millions of people in there, it does help us.”

 

[JennyJukes]

Ah with the picture of LS and the new pictures of Evelyn - looks like the woman on "We grew up in Jersey City" facebook group knew Evelyn after all. She said she would see LS watching Evelyn from the school gates. She said they didn't knew she was pregnant, just that she didn't turn up to their new high school

 

[Moonwalker9]

Pleased that she was finally identified after all these years. Another classic jd case closed for good and a young lady got her name back. Good job to everyone involved! Othram included.

There's a pretty good close up on her face that isn't blurry on the video that dotr just posted. Perhaps someone can post it here?

 

[Awsi Dooger]

Ah with the picture of LS and the new pictures of Evelyn - looks like the woman on "We grew up in Jersey City" facebook group knew Evelyn after all. She said she would see LS watching Evelyn from the school gates. She said they didn't knew she was pregnant, just that she didn't turn up to their new high school

It seemed obvious as legitimate. That's why I didn't hesitate to comment regarding the photo with glasses in comparison to the sketches. Her info was matter of fact with proper blend of specifics and explanation.

As I mentioned weeks ago, the early sketch turned out to be the best. I saw a commenter on Grateful Doe on Reddit say the same thing yesterday, that the mouth open sketch was the best. Now that post tops the comments. The later reconstructions, for whatever reason, had the facial shape wrong and skin overly dark. But that is normalcy. There is confidence level and margin for error in reconstructions just like everything else. It is actually remarkable the percentage of later reconstructions that turn out to be superior to the early versions. This one went the other way.

 

[SisterGrimm]

Evelyn Colon finally has her name back. Her family never lost hope. Evelyn's birthday is tomorrow on April 17th. She shares a birthday with her niece.
Her daughter was named Emily Grace according to this article: 44-year wait over for Colon family who never lost hope

 

[SisterGrimm]

The many faces of Evelyn Colon.

We are finally here. She has been identified after all these years. Tomorrow is Evelyn's birthday on April 17th. The Colon family said they were shocked at how accurate the recons are. Evelyn Colon and her daughter Emily Grace have their names back.

 

[othram]

The many faces of Evelyn Colon.

We are finally here. She has been identified after all these years. Tomorrow is Evelyn's birthday on April 17th. The Colon family said they were shocked at how accurate the recons are. Evelyn Colon and her daughter Emily Grace have their names back.

Always amazing to see how great these forensic facial reconstructions are.