Munchinski case dismissed; murder case cannot be re-prosecucted
A Fayette County judge dismissed the double homicide charges lodged against a man in a 1977 killing.
David J. Munchinski cannot be prosecuted again in the shooting deaths of James P. Alford and Raymond Gierke at a Bear Rocks home in Bullskin Township.
Judge Nancy D. Vernon dismissed the case, which had been sent back to Fayette County for a new trial after a federal proceeding where the convictions were vacated, on Friday morning.
Additional details will be forthcoming.