UNSOLVED HOMICIDE: DANA GATES

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When a Pennsylvania couple is brutally attacked in the dead of night, their rural farmhouse becomes a crime scene. Investigators search for the person responsible for the death of one victim—and the near-death of another—in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Dana Gates was 31-years-old when she was murdered in her Bedford County, Pennsylvania home. Image source: family photo.
Dana lived in a farmhouse located on Schellsburg Rd in rural Bedford County, PA. She was murdered in her home. Image source: Google Maps.
Investigators have considered the possibility that killer couple Benjamin and Erika Sift may’ve been involved in Dana’s death. Image source: Centre Daily Times.

Sources used to research this episode:

10 Years Later, Murder Mystery Still Torments Bedford County Residents (Kathy Mellott / Johnstown Tribune-Democrat)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette • Page 20, Feb. 19th, 2003 (via Newspapers.com)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette • Page 44, March 8th, 2003 (via Newspapers.com)

Records Reveal Murder Suspect (Kathy Mellott / Johnstown Tribune-Democrat)

Murder Suspects Probed in Separate Killing (Washington Times)

At Odds Over Autopsy: Officials Split on Whether Report Should be Made Public (Bernie Hornick / The Tribune-Democrat)

The Johnstown Tribune Publishing Company v. Ross, 2005 (Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania via FindLaw)

PA Judge Seals Autopsy Report in Unsolved Murder (The Legal Intelligencer)

Ocean City Marks 20 Years Since Infamous Sifrit Slayings (Mallory Panuska / OC Today)

ERIKA E. SIFRIT, Petitioner, v. RANDALL S. NERO, et al., Respondents (United States District Court for the District of Maryland via CaseText.com)

Sifrit Denied Parole 20 Years After Brutal OC Slaying (Shawn Soper / MD Coast Dispatch)

Man on Trial in Resort Slayings (The Baltimore Sun)

If you have any information on the murder of Dana Gates, please call the Pennsylvania State Police tipline at 1-800-472-8477, or click here to use the online tip form. You may remain anonymous if you wish.

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