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Infamous murders of Lancaster County: The 'silk stocking' case was national news in 1939 [LNP archives]
This story contains links that will take you to our archives site on newspapers.com. This content is free for LancasterOnline subscribers who are logged in. Click here for more information about how to subscribe. The 1939 murder of Lucille Smith of Lititz didn't involve a months-long manhunt, or a mystery revealed in tidbits to readers of the daily newspapers. But it still garnered national attention. Smith had been reported missing on Aug. 31, 1939, but the first mention of her case in local newspapers occurred on Sept. 4, when the New Era reported that a "scantily-clad" body was found...
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