02-16-2011, 05:13 AM
from the ABC13 link:
It's been two weeks and still no arrests have been made in the double murder investigation of a couple killed in Springfield Township. Sheriff detectives and FBI agents continue to investigate.
The question remains: Who killed 21-year old John Clarke and 20-year-old Lisa Straub? The couple was found dead inside Straub's parents' house on Longacre Lane in Springfield Township.
Investigators point to robbery as a motive. Sources say Clarke was bragging about a safe Lisa's parents kept in the house.
It's a safe that Lisa Straub's uncle, Jim Verbosky, says was never there. "It never existed," Verbosky says. "When they ransacked the house, they punched holes in the wall, moved pictures down. There's no safe in the house, no money in the house"
Verbosky believes the couple knew their attackers. "This is a case where three computers in the house, flat screen TVs, valuables weren't taken. They weren't even touched," he says.
Investigators have sent evidence collected from the home to a crime scene lab. Verbosky hopes it will lead to an arrest. Right now, he says, "We're living that worse case scenario, because there aren't any leads or anything right now that we know of."
Police are looking into the couple's background as well. Court documents show Clarke went to prison in 2007 for robbery. The young man had been living with Straub's family for several months. Verbosky says the parents were concerned.
"They were trying to help him get on the right road," he says. "Many people ask, 'Why did Mary Beth and Jeff have them two living in their home,' but when you're a mother and you got a daughter...At least they had some control of where she was and what she was doing when she was living with them."
Family and friends have rallied around the family for support. The reward money in the case is up to $10,000 and growing.
Next Friday, Lisa Straub's former employer, the TGI Friday's located on Bernath Parkway off Airport Highway, will hold a benefit from noon until 10pm to raise even more money for the reward fund.
It's been two weeks and still no arrests have been made in the double murder investigation of a couple killed in Springfield Township. Sheriff detectives and FBI agents continue to investigate.
The question remains: Who killed 21-year old John Clarke and 20-year-old Lisa Straub? The couple was found dead inside Straub's parents' house on Longacre Lane in Springfield Township.
Investigators point to robbery as a motive. Sources say Clarke was bragging about a safe Lisa's parents kept in the house.
It's a safe that Lisa Straub's uncle, Jim Verbosky, says was never there. "It never existed," Verbosky says. "When they ransacked the house, they punched holes in the wall, moved pictures down. There's no safe in the house, no money in the house"
Verbosky believes the couple knew their attackers. "This is a case where three computers in the house, flat screen TVs, valuables weren't taken. They weren't even touched," he says.
Investigators have sent evidence collected from the home to a crime scene lab. Verbosky hopes it will lead to an arrest. Right now, he says, "We're living that worse case scenario, because there aren't any leads or anything right now that we know of."
Police are looking into the couple's background as well. Court documents show Clarke went to prison in 2007 for robbery. The young man had been living with Straub's family for several months. Verbosky says the parents were concerned.
"They were trying to help him get on the right road," he says. "Many people ask, 'Why did Mary Beth and Jeff have them two living in their home,' but when you're a mother and you got a daughter...At least they had some control of where she was and what she was doing when she was living with them."
Family and friends have rallied around the family for support. The reward money in the case is up to $10,000 and growing.
Next Friday, Lisa Straub's former employer, the TGI Friday's located on Bernath Parkway off Airport Highway, will hold a benefit from noon until 10pm to raise even more money for the reward fund.