Commonwealth v. Bardo

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

Appellant Michael J. Bardo was charged -with criminal homicide and two counts of aggravated indecent assault. He was tried by jury in the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas-Criminal Division. At trial, the evidence established that appellant sexually molested his three year old niece, Joelle Donovan, by putting his finger in her vagina and causing it to tear. While molesting her, he strangled her to death. He then put her body in a garbage bag and threw it over a bridge into Soloman’s Creek, where it was discovered by a volunteer who was searching…