Last month, the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) unveiled PSP Tips, a new way for the public to share information related to active investigations, cold-cases, the apprehension of wanted persons, or locating missing persons.
“Assistance from the public is often vital to solving crimes or locating missing or wanted individuals,” said Lieutenant Colonel George Bivens, Deputy Commissioner of Operations in a press release. “The social media platforms, the toll-free number, and the online tip form are all easy ways to send us information that may solve a case or get a dangerous individual off the streets.”
PSP Tips includes information on nearly 100 cold case homicides, missing persons, and other unsolved crimes. Police said, new cases will be added frequently.
PSP Tips currently features cases including the 1973 homicide of an 8-year-old girl in Greene County, the 1981 disappearance of a Lackawanna County 15-year-old, and the search for the children, 10 and 11 at the time, of Susan Reinert, a Montgomery County teacher found murdered near Harrisburg in 1979.
Your tip could provide investigators with a long-awaited breakthrough, police said, that will finally bring closure and justice for the victim’s families.
All information submitted to PSP Tips can be provided anonymously, if desired. If PSP requests public assistance, the cases can be viewed on Facebook or Twitter. Each site provides a toll-free phone number, 1-800-4PA-TIPS (1-800-472-8477), and a link to an online tip submission form.