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Allentown Mom Who Died After Crash Was '5-Foot Woman With Giant Personality,' Daughter Says
Iris Crystal Mercado, an Allentown mother, and New Jersey native, died from injuries sustained in a car crash on Sunday, March 31, authorities said. She was 37.
Mercado, called Crystal by friends and loved ones, was hospitalized after a wreck on Route 22 in South Whitehall on Feb. 3, state police have said.
Her daughter Ciara Rodriguez said Mercado was "a 5-foot woman with the personality of a giant."
"My mother loved being around friends and family and just enjoying being outside," Rodriguez told Daily Voice.
"She was great at whatever she learned and put her mind …
Community Rallies For 2 Families After 5 Killed In PA House Fires
Friends, family, and neighbors have rallied to help a mom and her two surviving children after her fiance and four of her children were killed in a massive house fire in Western Pennsylvania early Wednesday morning.
A 27-year-old dad, Tyler J. King; his children Kyson John, 7; Kinzleigh John, 6; Keagan John, 3; and 1-month-old Korbyn John were found dead in their home in the 400 block of Guy Street in Jeanette just after midnight on March 20, officials explained and Daily Voice previously reported.
The mom, Miranda John, and two other young children, Kaiden and Kash, we…
Child Rapist Who Hid Ex-GF's Daughter In Freezer Sentenced: Lancaster DA
A 40-year-old registered sex offender has admitted to raping his ex-girlfriend and her daughter before killing the 12-year-old and hiding her body in a freezer, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, March. 1.
Jason Shackelford, of the 500 block of Avenue H in Columbia, PA, "admitted guilt on charges of first-degree murder, rape of a child, two counts of rape, three counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, four counts of sexual assault, and strangulation," the DA stated in the release.
Elaina Smith of Columbia Borough was raped, strang…
