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Karen L. Kistle

Case from Dingmans-ferry, PA dated May 22, 2024

Victim Details

Karen L. Kistle

Female

White / Caucasian

Dingmans-ferry

PA

2024-05-22

61

Karen

L. Kistle

08/19/2026

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Karen L. Kistle, 60, was a White/Caucasian woman from the Dingmans Ferry area of Pike County, Pennsylvania, whose death on May 22, 2024, ultimately became the subject of a homicide investigation that remained publicly unresolved for more than two years. Emergency medical personnel and Pennsylvania State Police responded to Kistle's residence on Vandien Drive in Dingman Township after a report of a gunshot injury. She was found suffering from a serious gunshot wound and died from her injuries bef ...
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  • The River Reporter: Police investigate death of Pike County woman - The River Reporter
  • wnep.com: Police in Pike County investigating deadly shooting
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