GUILTY PA Kathy, 25, and Dawn Kadunce, 4, 11 July 1978, 2 Convicted, 1 Acquitted

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Kadunce obit - Newspapers.com

On October 16, 1980, the jury found Michael Atkinson guilty as charged. The judge later sentenced him to life in prison for Kathy Kadunce's murder and ten to twenty years for the slaughter of Dawn Kadunce. (Sometime around 2013 Atkinson died while serving time at the state penitentiary in Greene County, Pennsylvania.)

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On January 25, 1981, the jury found Frank Costal guilty of two counts of first-degree murder. The judge imposed the mandatory life sentence without parole. Costal died in 2001 at age 71 while serving his time at the State Correctional Institute at Laurel Highlands.

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Lawrence Kadunce took the stand on his own behalf and denied ever knowing Frank Costal or Michael Atkinson. He told the jurors that he was at work when the murders took place. The jury, on February 10, 1982 found the defendant not guilty.

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