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Joseph Spernak Missing Person Case

Last seen in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania on Jan 21, 1992

Victim Details

Mar 06, 2018

Dec 10, 2019

Joseph

Spernak

72

38

70 inches

74 inches

190 lbs

200 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Jan 21, 1992

Turtle Creek

Pennsylvania

Allegheny County

No

32398

Turtle Creek Police Department

Turtle Creek

Pennsylvania

Allegheny County

15145

Dale Kraeer

Chief

125 Monroeville Avenue, Pennsylvania

4128231200

Local

Law Enforcement

http://www.turtlecreekborough.com/police-dept/

920677

1992-01-23

Turtle Creek Police Department

10567

Brown

Brown

Brown

07/06/2026


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In the winter of 1992, a 38-year-old man named Joseph Robert Spernak, from Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, vanished under perplexing circumstances. On January 21st, he was with a business associate from Florida at a Foodland supermarket located on Frankstown Avenue in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania. Spernak had just dropped off the associate and asked to borrow his car, what was possibly a black Ford Taurus, for a few minutes to run a quick errand. He drove off from the supermarket, and that was the last ...
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Last Seen: Jan 21, 1992

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  • Joseph Robert Spernak - The Charley Project
  • Missing Person / NamUs #MP42474 - Office of Justice Programs
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    I’m really curious about the significance of the location where Joseph Spernak's car was found. Pu... ...Read More
    04/14/2024
    Did anyone else notice the mysterious distance between Turtle Creek and Punxsutawney where Joe's bur... ...Read More
    06/03/2023
    I find it really intriguing how Joseph's car ended up in Punxsutawney, of all places. It's like two ... ...Read More
    03/21/2023
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