Jury acquits man in 1989 Lehigh Valley cold case

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A Lehigh County jury has acquitted a Wind Gap man of all charges in the decades-old killing of a 78-year-old widow found dead in her North Whitehall Township home in 1989.

After a weeklong trial, jurors on Friday found Michael Breisch, 67, not guilty of homicide, burglary, robbery and aggravated assault in the death of Rose Josephine Hnath.

District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan and Capt. Seth J. Kelly, commanding officer of Pennsylvania State Police Troop M, announced the verdict Friday evening…

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