PA PA - Elizabeth 'Tillie' Schilling, 73, Bethel Park, 10 August 1983

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25-year-old murder mystery re-emerges

Who killed Tillie Schilling in her Bethel Park home?

Monday, September 22, 2008
By Milan Simonich, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Twenty-five years ago someone beat and choked Tillie Schilling to death in her Bethel Park living room.Twenty-five years after somebody beat and choked Tillie Schilling to death in her Bethel Park living room, three things are certain.

Her husband, Leo, was in Florida when the killing happened, keeping company with another woman.

Nothing was stolen from Mrs. Schilling's home and it appeared unlikely that the killer broke in. Her attacker left behind jewelry and other valuables that were in plain view.

Finally, the assailant was merciless. He attacked Mrs. Schilling, a small, slim woman of 73, with savage ferocity. Six of her ribs were broken, but the fatal wounds were to her neck. The killer fractured her larynx, her left thyroid cartilage and her hyoid, the horseshoe-shaped bone at the base of the mouth.

Mrs. Schilling's death remains a murder mystery, as the investigation was dormant for nearly 20 years. But now the case has been reopened because of the persistence of Eileen Hudson-Hruby, her niece.

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First published on September 22, 2008 at 12:00 am

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories...25-year-old-murder-mystery-re-emerges-411346/
 
I wonder if there's any evidence she had a local beau. If she allowed her husband to see other men, there's a good chance she had a boyfriend.
 
Hi
This is very good they are re opening this case.

suzanne
 
Glad to see this case re opened
 
I wonder if there's any evidence she had a local beau. If she allowed her husband to see other men, there's a good chance she had a boyfriend.


It seems like she had an open marriage. But who can say for sure; since the victim is dead.
a beau seems like as good thought to pursue. but how??
 
from 2008

25-year-old murder mystery re-emerges: who
killed Tillie Schilling in her Bethel Park home?


Twenty-five years after somebody beat and choked Tillie Schilling to death in her Bethel Park living room, three things are certain.

Her husband, Leo, was in Florida when the killing happened, keeping company with another woman.

Nothing was stolen from Mrs. Schilling's home and it appeared unlikely that the killer broke in. Her attacker left behind jewelry and other valuables that were in plain view.

Finally, the assailant was merciless. He attacked Mrs. Schilling, a small, slim woman of 73, with savage ferocity. Six of her ribs were broken, but the fatal wounds were to her neck. The killer fractured her larynx, her left thyroid cartilage and her hyoid, the horseshoe-shaped bone at the base of the mouth.

Mrs. Schilling's death remains a murder mystery.
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Very interesting! Any signs of rape? Without anything taken what was the motive for this murder? Typically when you see this level of ferocity its a crime of passion rather than opportunity. I would like to review any other information you may have of this case. Was she estranged from her husband? Did he have any sort of financial motive?
 
Very interesting! Any signs of rape? Without anything taken what was the motive for this murder? Typically when you see this level of ferocity its a crime of passion rather than opportunity. I would like to review any other information you may have of this case. Was she estranged from her husband? Did he have any sort of financial motive?

The article answers all your questions and more. It's a good read.
 
'We haven't given up:' Cold Case PA

•Mar 5, 2021
''In Susquehanna Township, police recently launched a task force to solve all of the township's unsolved killings dating back to 1974. The five cases have left family and friends of the victims with questions for decades, but Public Safety Director Rob Martin says police never forgot.''
 

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