The Brutal Murder of James E. Sementelli

Small Town Mysteries

On March 25, 2003, Shonda Dee Walter murdered her elderly neighbor, James E. Sementelli, in order to rob him and gain gang initiation in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. She stole money from him and his car, and proceeded to return to the crime scene with other people, in order to show them James’ body.
Sources:
1) https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/walter-shonda.htm
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_Haven,_Pennsylvania
3) https://www.lockhaven.com/news/local-news/2016/08/victim-s-family-others-resigned-to-walter-life-sentence/
4) https://creative-resistance.org/an-untimely-death-by-shonda-walters/
5) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81062304/james-e-sementelli#:~:text=Sementelli%20was%20a%20murder%20victim,a%20gang%20initiation%20and%20robbery.&text=World%20War%20II-,He%20grew%20up%20in%20Lock%20Haven%20and%20was%20stationed%20at,Harbor%20on%20December%207%2C%201941.
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