On the evening of September 1, 1994, 23-year-old Gail Matthews and her 5-year-old daughter Tamara Berkheiser were last seen alive at their Center Street home in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The next day Gail’s mother, Lois Beackley, went to check on them and discovered both victims in Tamara’s bedroom. Gail had been stabbed nearly a dozen times; Tamara had been strangled with a piece of cloth and struck on the head. Investigators found no signs of sexual assault and reported that nothing appeared stolen. A kitchen window had been forced open, and the house was described as surprisingly tidy, prompting Gail’s brother to suggest the killer may have attempted a cleanup.

A man named Earl Kramer III was arrested and charged in March 1998, then again in 2004, but both times charges were dismissed for lack of sufficient evidence and the case later went cold. The family has held annual vigils and the investigation is still listed as open. If anyone has information about the forced entry, the scene that night, or the people connected to the neighborhood at the time, please come forward.