Lynn Township, PA – A $5,000 reward is being offered for information that could help solve a decades-old cold case in Lehigh County.
According to the Pennsylvania State Police, investigators with Troop M’s Criminal Investigation Assessment Unit are continuing their work on a 1998 fire that claimed the lives of three family members. On April 26, 1998, Linda Ann Howland, 42, David Wayne Jones, 37, and their 3-month-old daughter, Leah Michelle Jones, died in a suspicious blaze at their horse farm along Kings Highway in Lynn Township.
Authorities said the family lived in a converted barn on the property, where Howland trained and bred horses. The fire remains under investigation more than 25 years later, and officials are urging anyone with information to come forward.
Police are asking anyone who may have details about the case to contact Troop M’s Criminal Investigation Assessment Unit at 610-861-2026 or submit anonymous tips through PSP Tips at 1-800-472-8477 or online at www.p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=107.
Investigators emphasized that callers could be eligible for a cash reward if their information leads to a resolution. All information is considered accurate as of the official release date.
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