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Cold Case Cracked: Suspect Pleads Guilty in 1975 Lindy Sue Biechler Murder, DNA from Coffee Cup Unveils 47-Year Mystery

Last year, David Sinopoli was charged in connection to Biechler’s 1975 murder. Now, he pleaded guilty to 3rd-degree murder and was sentenced to 25-50 years in jail.

A Lancaster man charged in the county’s oldest cold case will serve up to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty on Thursday to third-degree murder and other offenses connected to the death of Lindy Sue Biechler in 1975.

David Sinopoli, of the 300 block of Faulkner Drive, was arrested in July 2022 and charged with murdering the 19-year-old Biechler nearly 48 years ago. Read the full story here ▶