Tammy Lynn Fassett, 37, and her boyfriend Michael Kerkowski, also 37, disappeared from Kerkowski’s home in Hunlock Township, Pennsylvania, after they were last seen on May 3, 2002. Concern intensified when Kerkowski, a pharmacist who had pleaded guilty to running a prescription drug ring, missed his sentencing hearing.

In June 2003 investigators searching a Kingston Township property owned by the girlfriend of Hugo Selenski discovered the decomposing bodies of Fassett and Kerkowski in a shallow grave. Both were determined to have died by strangulation with plastic flex ties. The probe tied the killings to Selenski and an accomplice, Paul Weakley, who admitted his role, led authorities to the remains, and cooperated at trial.

According to the case chronology, Selenski and Weakley went to Kerkowski’s home, bound both victims with duct tape, beat Kerkowski until he revealed the location of cash from his illegal activities, and killed Fassett because she was present during the robbery. Weakley pleaded guilty to federal charges and received a life sentence; Selenski was later convicted of first-degree murder and related offenses and sentenced to life without parole. Anyone who knew Tammy or has information about the case is asked to come forward.