Still Missing PA - Cassandra Gross, 51, Latrobe, 7 Apr 2018 *arrest in 2022*

[Richrd]

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Cassandra Gross

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[loveplace]

‘It’s hell living through it’: family wants answers 4 years after Cassandra Gross disappearance

Update on our local news tonight. Nothing I caught that was new though.

 

[Kittybunny]

‘It’s hell living through it’: family wants answers 4 years after Cassandra Gross disappearance

Update on our local news tonight. Nothing I caught that was new though.

I saw that too. It's just so so sad.

 

[CCJD]

A Unity man was sentenced Wednesday to seven years and three months in federal prison in a gun case, and the judge rejected claims that the defendant was unaware he was prohibited from having the weapons because of past felony convictions.
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Stanko has long been suspected in the 2018 disappearance of Cassandra Gross of Unity though he is not charged in connection with it.

Federal judge unswayed by Unity man's gun possession claim, sentences him to federal prison

A Unity man was sentenced Wednesday to seven years and three months in federal prison in a gun case, and the judge rejected claims that the defendant was unaware he was prohibited from having the weapons because of past felony convictions. “(Thomas G. Stanko) acted consistently with somebody who...

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[TootsieFootsie]

Homicide charges filed 4 years after Cassandra Gross’ disappearance

Homicide charges have been filed four years after the disappearance of Cassandra Gross.

Thomas Stanko, who was Gross’ estranged boyfriend, is facing several charges including criminal homicide, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse.

 

[Gardenista]

Boyfriend Charged with Homicide in Pennsylvania Woman's 2018 Disappearance

Authorities formally charged a man long suspected in his girlfriend's disappearance and presumed death.

lawandcrime.com

 

[Richrd]

14 November (Lower) Court Date

Homicide Defendant:

Thomas George Stanko, 52

Lower Court Docket:

https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/Report/MdjDocketSheet?docketNumber=MJ-10208-CR-0000416-2022&dnh=PnfTY29iNcKs9TdnECXY7w%3D%3D

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[Richrd]

25 January (Upper) Court Date

Homicide Defendant:

Thomas George Stanko, 52

CBS News:

Thomas Stanko, charged in death of Cassandra Gross, appears in court

Stanko was in court in Westmoreland County on Friday.

www.cbsnews.com

(Lower) Court Docket:

https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/Report/MdjDocketSheet?docketNumber=MJ-10208-CR-0000416-2022&dnh=PnfTY29iNcKs9TdnECXY7w==

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[asmi106082]

Well it’s about darn time!!! I hope these charges will bring some comfort to Cassandra’s family. I wonder if the prosecution will attempt to strike a deal with him to reveal where he hid her remains? MOO

 

[JerseyGirl]

Thomas G. Stanko ordered to stand trial in death of Cassandra Gross

Homicide charges against a Unity man suspected of killing Cassandra Gross were held for court Friday, despite unsuccessful searches for her body or remains in the last four and a half years since the Unity woman went missing. “Can you tell us how she died?” asked Marc Daffner, defense attorney

triblive.com

 

[Richrd]

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25 January (Upper) Court Date:

(Upper) Court Docket Sheet:

https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/Report/CpDocketSheet?docketNumber=CP-65-CR-0004195-2022&dnh=IKon8e1nw9N6kse7kBbBMQ%3D%3D

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[imstilla.grandma]

Thomas Stanko maintains he did not kill Cassandra Gross, said his attorney, Marc Daffner, during a pretrial hearing Monday.

Gross, of Unity, was last seen in April 2018 and was declared legally dead a year later.

“They have jurisdiction problems. Thus far, no one has been able to say for certain that anything has occurred or where it occurred,” Daffner said.

Stanko, 53, was charged a year ago with criminal homicide, reckless burning, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence in connection with Gross’ death. Her body has never been recovered. She was last seen April 7, 2018. Her Mitsubishi Outlander was found burned days later in a wooded area near Twin Lakes Park, east of Greensburg.

Prosecutors claim Stanko killed her and covered up the crime. Through evidence presented at a preliminary hearing last year, they suggested he burned and discarded her remains.

“We will file pretrial motions but, ultimately, it will be a trial,” Daffner said. “He denies he had anything to do with any of this. There is no body and no forensic evidence. A lot of that you’d see in a homicide case. We don’t have it here.”

During the preliminary hearing, prosecutors presented evidence that Stanko and Gross communicated a day before she went missing. Days later, Stanko appeared to have burn injuries, police said.

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[Kittybunny]

Thomas Stanko maintains he did not kill Cassandra Gross, said his attorney, Marc Daffner, during a pretrial hearing Monday.

Gross, of Unity, was last seen in April 2018 and was declared legally dead a year later.

“They have jurisdiction problems. Thus far, no one has been able to say for certain that anything has occurred or where it occurred,” Daffner said.

Stanko, 53, was charged a year ago with criminal homicide, reckless burning, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence in connection with Gross’ death. Her body has never been recovered. She was last seen April 7, 2018. Her Mitsubishi Outlander was found burned days later in a wooded area near Twin Lakes Park, east of Greensburg.

Prosecutors claim Stanko killed her and covered up the crime. Through evidence presented at a preliminary hearing last year, they suggested he burned and discarded her remains.

“We will file pretrial motions but, ultimately, it will be a trial,” Daffner said. “He denies he had anything to do with any of this. There is no body and no forensic evidence. A lot of that you’d see in a homicide case. We don’t have it here.”

During the preliminary hearing, prosecutors presented evidence that Stanko and Gross communicated a day before she went missing. Days later, Stanko appeared to have burn injuries, police said.

Notice of Privacy

triblive.com

He denies it. Shocking.

This is a pretty strong circumstantial case though. Hoping for justice for Cassandra!

 

[CCJD]

“In order to prove homicide, you have to prove these acts happened in this case. In this case, there is no body, there is no time of death, there is no location of a crime. All these things they have to prove, not only for the commonwealth to have jurisdiction but also for this court to have the proper venue,” Daffner argued.

Judge to rule if lack of remains prevents continuation of murder case against Thomas Stanko

A Westmoreland County judge will decide early next year whether there is sufficient evidence for the murder case to proceed against a Unity man charged with killing his former girlfriend. Defense attorney Marc Daffner argued during a court appearance Monday for Thomas Stanko, 53, of Unity that...

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[PommyMommy]

SEP 5, 2024

Mother of Cassandra Gross, missing woman allegedly killed by ex-boyfriend, plans new search

The mother of a woman who has been missing since 2018 is planning a new search.

www.cbsnews.com

"We're going to have one more search and it's going to be the last one. I've done 128 searches," Kathe Gross said.

This time Kathe isn't searching for a body. She believes her daughter was burned to death after police recovered partially destroyed items that belonged to Cassandra from a burn barrel on the property of Thomas Stanko, who is charged in her death.

"I was told that people like him keep a trophy," Kathe Gross said. "And it could be buried in a metal box. So that's what we're looking for this time," she added.