Resident in Pa. Died of Blunt Force Injuries, Coroner Says
Autopsy was completed Wednesday. Woman was found at the base of a 92-foot gorge Monday morning in Shohola Falls, Pa.
Gail Dews died of "multiple blunt force injuries" the Pike County coroner said Wednesday afternoon.
Coronor Kevin Stroyan would not say where on Dews' body the injuries are but said the autopsy on Daws' body was completed Wednesday.
The injuries appeared to have been caused by Dews' fall down to the bottom of a 92-foot gorge off a Pennsylvania highway, Stroyan said, but Stroyan would not comment on how he thinks Dews ended up there.
Stroyan declined further comment because the investigation into Dews' death is "still ongoing," he said.
Dews' body was found at the bottom of a 92-foot gorge in Shohola Falls, Pa., around 9 a.m. Monday. She was 56.
Pennsylvania State Police have labeled Dews' death "suspicious." Her husband, Stephen, reported Dews missing shortly before her body was found, police previously said.
Connie Devens, public information officer with the Pennsylvania State Police, could not be reached for comment Wednesday afternoon.
Police Chief John Reardon told NorthJersey.com that the Wayne Police Department is not involved in the investigation. He said officers went to the family’s home on Kuiken Court twice: once in 2001 because someone reportedly dumped trash onto the driveway and again in 2011.
Reardon declined to talk about the second incident, the website reported.
Reardon could not be reached for comment Wednesday afternoon.
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zekeman
10:21 pm on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Good valid points Scondo, however I would like to see some investigative journalism here on the poor victim though as well and see if any dots can be connected. Her and/or her family background? She have a job? One child only? Wayne native? Anything out of the ordinary? Very little in-depth discovery here, and not much more in The Record or No. Jersey.com. Why are the local police basically 'mum'? A brief mention of a disturbance at the victim's residence in 2001 and again in '11. Any connections? I don't expect Pulitzer Prize winning journalism, but a little gumshoe work would be appreciated to keep the public informed.
zekeman
4:33 pm on Thursday, March 14, 2013
Eye wide - interesting. I am a journalism major and worked in the industry for awhile myself; looks like you & I have more Geraldo Rivera in us than the rest of this Patch does and The Record for that matter as well....