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Sharon A. Mazzillo

Case from Wilkes-barre, PA dated Sep 25, 1982

Victim Details

Sharon A. Mazzillo

Female

Wilkes-barre

PA

1982-09-25

24

Sharon

A. Mazzillo

07/19/2026

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On September 25, 1982, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Sharon A. Mazzillo, a 24-year-old female, became a victim in a tragic and violent series of events. A former romantic partner, George Emil Banks, forced his way into her mobile home in the Heather Highlands park. Inside, he shot and killed Sharon. The violence did not end with her death.

Banks, a former prison guard, had engaged in a shooting spree that claimed multiple lives that day. In the home with Sharon were her mother, Alice Maz ...
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