Murder in Old Forge, Pennsylvania: The Tragic Death of the Ziemba Children

On July 26, 1981, eight-year-old Cheryl Ziemba and her four-year-old brother, Christopher, disappeared from their backyard in Old Forge, Pennsylvania.

Within hours, hundreds of neighbors, police and firefighters were engaged in a frantic search, praying that they were not a town "snakebitten," or cursed to misfortune. Two days later, all hope was lost when firefighters discovered the bodies of the children in an abandoned strip-mining pit. Pennsylvania State Police arrested their fifteen-year-old neighbor, Joey Aulisio, who was tried as an adult and sentenced to death by electric chair. Forty-three years later, Joey Aulisio still sits in prison.

Author Brian W. Kincaid presents a definitive account of one of the most infamous crimes and sensational trials in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Author: Brian W. Kincaid
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: History Press
Published: 07/08/2025
Series: True Crime
Pages: 208
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.30w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781467157155