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Samuel Algarin

Case from Cochranville, PA dated Sep 13, 2018

Victim Details

Samuel Algarin

Male

White / Caucasian

Cochranville

PA

2018-09-13

31

Samuel

Algarin

06/21/2026

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On the evening of September 13, 2018, Samuel Algarin, a 31-year-old man from Quarryville, Pennsylvania, finished his shift at a local car dealership and met his mother and two children. After attending a martial arts class with his children and grabbing dinner, his mother dropped him off at a Starbucks parking lot where he had left his GMC Terrain. Tragically, he never made it to his mother's house as planned. Later that night, his body was discovered on the side of Limestone Road in West Fallow ...
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  • NBC 10 Philadelphia: Arrest in Young Father's Murder in Rural Chester County
  • PennLive.com: Arrest made in 'a senseless and cold-blooded killing'
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    I was really struck by the role that Samuel Algarin's faith played in this whole case. It seems like... ...Read More
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