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July 6 '24
www.observer-reporter.com
Destiny Mickens was just 11 years old when her father Leon Mickens, of Masontown, was gunned down near his home.
“I will never forget the blood tear that I saw coming down my father’s face that night,” Destiny said. “My family told me I was sitting on the foot of my father’s bed, and I prayed to God, ‘Please don’t let him go, I’ll be good.’ I will never get the image out of my head.”
Now nearly 13 years later, Destiny will celebrate her 24th birthday knowing someone was charged in her father’s 2011 shooting death.
“My father died on Aug. 16, his birthday,” she said. “And now we will be celebrating victory with my birthday on (July 6).”
July 5 '24
www.independent.co.uk
State police are confirming that 61-year-old Patrick Dowdell was the man who shot four people at the Magistrate Court in Masontown; KDKA's Kym Gable reports
Daughter of cold case victim played vital role in finding murderer
Destiny Mickens was just 11 years old when her father Leon Mickens, of Masontown, was gunned down near his home. “I will never forget the blood tear that I saw coming down my father’s face that night,” Destiny said. “My family told me I was sitting on the foot of my father’s bed, and I […]
“I will never forget the blood tear that I saw coming down my father’s face that night,” Destiny said. “My family told me I was sitting on the foot of my father’s bed, and I prayed to God, ‘Please don’t let him go, I’ll be good.’ I will never get the image out of my head.”
Now nearly 13 years later, Destiny will celebrate her 24th birthday knowing someone was charged in her father’s 2011 shooting death.
“My father died on Aug. 16, his birthday,” she said. “And now we will be celebrating victory with my birthday on (July 6).”
July 5 '24
A murder went unsolved for over a decade — then police tested the DNA on a cigarette
‘My family is very blessed that this day has finally come,’ the victim’s daughter said after the charges were announced
www.independent.co.uk
- A “pristine” cigarette found at the crime scene led to the arrest of Frank Timothy Campbell Jr, 38, who was charged on Wednesday with the August 2011 murder of 35-year-old Leon Mickens, according to Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele.
Mickens was fatally shot more than a decade ago — but no one had ever been charged in connection to his murder.
The cigarette was found “within a couple inches to a foot to the initial blood splatter,” the DA told the Herald-Standard.''
State police are confirming that 61-year-old Patrick Dowdell was the man who shot four people at the Magistrate Court in Masontown; KDKA's Kym Gable reports
