Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Frazier
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 14, 1979No. 273 Special Transfer DocketPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
On November 9, 1973, eleven-year-old Jennifer Gross, while walking to school along her accustomed route, was abducted by appellant and taken by automobile to an isolated wooded area in Lebanon County. There appellant stabbed her in the neck several times with a piece of glass. He then set fire to a pile of refuse and placed the victim’s body on or near the fire. He returned home, changed clothes and went shopping with his friends, the Raiger brothers. Firefighters, engaged in extinguishing a brush fire later that day, discovered the victim’s body. Death was caused by multiple…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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3Cited by11 opinions
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