Marise Ann Chiverella: 57-Year-Old Cold Case SOLVED

Send us Fan MailMarise was only 9 years old when she was brutally murdered in Hazleton, Pennsylvania in 1964. Despite being found the same day that she disappeared, Marise's murder was unsolved for FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS.  Just this year, in 2022, her killer was found through DNA testing. This is the fourth oldest cold case to be solved using genetic genealogy in the United States and the oldest in the state of Pennsylvania.  Sources:1) https://www.timesleader.com/news/1539205/who-was-james-paul-forte-suspected-killer-left-few-clues2) https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/this-is-marises-story-family-investigators-share-emotions-as-hazleton-cold-case-is-solved/523-77ac08cf-0923-43d1-9ab3-a35d3b3bd98a3) https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-monday-edition-1.6350961/how-a-genealogist-helped-solve-the-murder-of-a-girl-from-nearly-60-years-ago-1.63509624) https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/1964-murder-of-marise-ann-chiverella-solved-pennsylvania-authorities-say 5) https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/10/us/hazleton-pennsylvania-cold-case-solved-trnd/index.html6) https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/14/marise-chiverella-cold-case-pennsylvania/7) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazleton,_Pennsylvania 8) https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/picture-gallery/opinion/2022/02/24/two-towns-two-murders/6837615001/ 9) https://genwhypod.com/blogs/the-generation-why-podcast-blog/killer-of-1964-child-murderer-identified-the-marise-chiverella-case 10) https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/woman-recalls-forte-he-wouldnt-leave-it-marise-chiverella-hazleton-cold-case/523-169b9f9a-58f7-4076-9cf9-d431aacc7c1aSupport the show