Pennlive.com posted an article a couple days ago about Robert P. Russell, who lived in Mahanoy City before being found guilty of killing his estranged wife, Marine Capt. Shirly Gibbs Russell on March 4, 1989.
He was the first person convicted in federal court of first degree murder in which there was no crime scene, body, or weapon in the United States.
He is serving a life sentence at the Allenwood Federal Penitentiary and still maintains his innocence today.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/10/schuylkill_county_native_conti.html
