Murder in Old Forge, Pennsylvania: The Tragic Death of the Ziemba Children

On July 26, 1981, 8-year-old Cheryl Ziemba and her 4-year-old brother Christopher disappeared from their backyard in Old Forge, Pennsylvania.

Within hours, hundreds of neighbors, police, and firefighters were engaged in a frantic search, praying that they were not a town "snake-bitten", or cursed to misfortune. Two days later, all hope was lost when firefighters discovered the bodies of the children in an abandoned strip-mining pit. Pennsylvania State Police arrested their 15-year-old neighbor, Joey Aulisio, who was tried as an adult and sentenced to death by electric chair. 43 years later, Joey Aulisio still sits in prison.

Author Brian W. Kincaid presents a definitive account of one of the most infamous crimes and sensational trials in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.