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Jul 13, 2023 · Upon questioning the company representatives, the police learned the concerned semi-truck was regularly driven by an employee named James “Jim” Robert Cruz Jr. The authorities obtained a search warrant for the vehicle and discovered one long strand of blonde hair from the truck’s passenger seat.
21 March 1993, Dawn Marie Birnbaum, 17, ran away from a boarding school located in Bangor, Maine. Dawn had been placed in the school after her mother had become fed up with her rebellious adolescent behavior.
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At some point after leaving the theater, Dawn Birnbaum came in contact with killer James Robert Cruz at a truck stop. Cruz had seen the teen girl on the phone trying to make arrangements to get back home. Authorities believe that he offered her a ride, and then raped and strangled her in his truck.
Appeal from the PCRA Order Entered April 19, 2021 In the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County Criminal Division at No (s): CP-14-CR-0001246-1993. BEFORE: PANELLA, P.J., STABILE, J., and DUBOW, J. MEMORANDUM. DUBOW, J. Appellant, James R. Cruz, Jr., appeals from the April 19, 2021 Order dismissing his second Petition filed pursuant to the Post ...
The following year, James Cruz was convicted of murdering Birnbaum and sentenced to life in prison. Police said Cruz, who was a cross-country truck driver, reportedly picked up Birnbaum, had...
Jan 21, 2020 · Police said she got to Centre County by hitching a ride with truck driver James Cruz. Key evidence in the case against him included gas station receipts, tire tracks and hair found in his truck...
Mar 6, 2015 · The Superior Court's decision, issued this week, involves an appeal James Robert Cruz Jr. first filed in 1997 over his first-degree murder conviction and life prison term for the 1993 slaying...
