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On September 2, 1994, 23-year-old Gail Matthews and her 5-year-old daughter, Tamara Berkheiser, were found brutally murdered in their Center Street home in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Both mother and daughter had been stabbed, strangled, and beaten; their bodies were discovered after they failed to show up for breakfast at Gail’s mother Lois Beackley’s house.

The case has remained unsolved. In 2004 an individual named Earl R. Skip Kramer was arrested in connection with the murders but released for lack of evidence; no other arrests have been reported. Detective Kenneth Mains later took over the investigation, and the family has kept the case in the public eye with annual candlelight vigils, flyers, and appeals for new leads.

If anyone knew Gail or Tamara, saw unusual activity on Center Street around September 2, 1994, or has information that could help, please come forward.