PA PA - Julie Barnyock, 18, Lansdale, 9 Nov 1993

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Montco D.A. Looking for Leads Amid Anniversary of Unsolved Murder of Chalfont Teen

Montgomery County authorities are looking for leads to get one step closer to solving the cold case of the murder of Julie Barnyock.

montco.today

Eighteen-year-old Julie Barnyock of Chalfont was described by her friends as very friendly and well liked. After graduating from high school in May 1993, she pursued a career in childcare, commuting to Philadelphia for work, according to Kyani Reed at NBC News.

It was one night after a train ride back from Philadelphia that Julie went missing on Nov. 8, 1993. She called her father from a payphone at the Lansdale SEPTA station to come pick her up, but by the time he arrived, she was gone.

Three weeks later her body was found by a train worker in a remote part of the station. Her death [was] ruled a homicide; however, for nearly 30 years, Montgomery County authorities had not been able to identify a suspect. Technological advances are now instilling hope.

From 2001:

Police Seek assistance in solving murder of Chalfont teen

After eight years of investigation, Lansdale Borough and Montgomery County detectives still haven’t found the key evidence that could solve the 1993 murder of 18-year-old Julie Barnyock. But …

www.thereporteronline.com

[A Lansdale detective] said Julie, of Chalfont, returned to Lansdale on the R-5 line from Philadelphia at about 11:40 p.m. Nov. 8, 1993, and called her parents from the station at about 12:20 a.m. for a ride home.

Julie had been in Philadelphia that day with a friend, Brian Todd. Waltrop said Todd was known to be homeless at the time.

Twenty minutes after Julie called, her father, Joseph Barnyock, arrived at the train station, but couldn’t find her. After waiting, he went home and later reported Julie missing to New Britain police.

A local man who was walking through a remote section of the Lansdale freight yard – overgrown with brush and known as a regular spot for homeless people – discovered Julie‘s body on Dec. 2, 1993, Waltrop said.

Montco DA's Office (PDF, 2 pages, 216 KB):
https://www.montgomerycountypa.gov/Archive.aspx?ADID=4600

More to come shortly.

 

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I deeply hope one day Julie and her parents see justice served.

 

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Lansdale Police Seek New Leads in Murder Case from 1993

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the disappearance of 18-year-old Julie Barnyock.

northpennnow.com

 

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Inquirer (partial) from 1993

Julie Barnyock - Article continued

Clipping found in The Philadelphia Inquirer published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 12/5/1993. Julie Barnyock - Article continued

www.newspapers.com

Arthur Bomar was looked at as a suspect back in 1998 (murdered Aimee Willard in 1996, he's currently on death row for this and other murders)

PROBE MAY LINK BOMAR WITH SLAYING * DEFENDANT IN 1996 PHILADELPHIA MURDER ALSO IS A POTENTIAL SUSPECT IN 1993 KILLING OF 18-YEAR-OLD IN LANSDALE.

Montgomery County investigators are looking into possible connections between accused murderer Arthur Bomar and the bludgeoning death of 18-year-old Julie Barnyock, whose body was found near the La…

www.mcall.com

A law enforcement source on Tuesday said Bomar may have lived in the Lansdale area at the time Barnyock was murdered. And Gloria Barnyock, the victim’s mother, said Julie Barnyock was a patient at Doylestown Hospital in 1992 at the same time Bomar worked there as an orderly.

But no evidence connects Bomar to Barnyock’s murder, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Michael Marino. And, he said, some factors are leading investigators to believe that Bomar did not kill Barnyock.

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Investigators had two suspects in the killing. One was Brian Tod, now 27, a homeless man who lived in Philadelphia at the time of the murder and knew Julie, a frequent visitor to South Street in the city via train. The other was Scott Hutchins, now 28, who is serving 21 to 43 years in state prison for two attacks on women at train stations. One attack occurred at the Lansdale station.

Murder of Aimee Willard - Wikipedia

ETA: 3rd paragraph in MCall article

 

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There's a publishing error in the Montco Today article in the first post, in the first paragraph. Kyani Reed should be Kyani Reid.
I have still more content to come.

 

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Tonight is the 30th anniversary of her disappearance. Montco DA Kevin Steele and Lansdale Police Chief Michael B. Trail ask for the public's help and reiterate the $10K reward offered.

DA offering $10K reward to find killer in unsolved 1993 murder mystery in Montgomery County

On the 30th anniversary of Julie Barnyock’s disappearance from a Lansdale Train Station, Montgomery County DA and Lansdale Police ask for the public's help in solving the murder mystery offering a $10K reward.

www.fox29.com

"A teenager went missing 30 years ago and was found dead. Our detectives continue to go over this case, looking for anything that could help us. Now we are again asking for the public’s help," said DA Steele. "Someone somewhere knows something. Please share whatever piece of info about Julie’s movements that day, anything seen that night on the train or at the train station. Many old cases are solved when someone comes forward with information that seems insignificant but turns out to be helpful in finding a murderer."