M. Geneva Long, 67, was beaten to death and her rooftop apartment set on fire in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on March 11, 1994. The case led to an extensive investigation and eventually a prosecution focused on David Gladden, then 36. Gladden had a prior record described as petty theft and a reported IQ of 67. Jailhouse informants including Donald Walborn and James Carson implicated him; Carson later testified that he had accompanied Gladden to Long’s apartment and that Gladden used a key to enter, with a struggle occurring when Long returned home.

Gladden was convicted in 1995 of second-degree murder, burglary, robbery, arson and conspiracy and sentenced to life without parole. Years later, investigative reporting noted that Andrew Dillon, who lived near Long’s apartment at the time and was later convicted of multiple murders of elderly women involving severe beatings and arson in the same general area, had not been considered a suspect at Gladden’s trial. That fact has been cited as raising questions about the investigation and the conviction.

Does anyone have information about Long’s case, her final movements that day, or contacts who may have known anything about suspicious activity near her building?