A Pennsylvania jury yesterday convicted trucker James R. Cruz Jr., 36, of Waterf

Source

Portland Press Herald

Date

6-15-1994

Pages

6B

Abstract

A Pennsylvania jury yesterday convicted trucker James R. Cruz Jr., 36, of Waterford, Ohio, of first-degree murder in the strangulation of Dawn Marie Birnbaum, a 17-year-old girl who ran away from the Elan School in Poland on March 21, 1993. Her body was found on March 24 on a snowbank at a remote intersection near Interstate 80. The jury acquitted Cruz of kidnapping, rape, deviate sexual intercourse, and robbery. The judge sentenced Cruz the life in prison.

Subjects

Murders, Dawn Marie Birnbaum, James R Cruz Jr.

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