Crime & Safety

Person Sought In Pittsburgh-Area Woman's Stabbing Death

Police are searching for a person of interest in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Pittsburgh-area woman.

(Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office)

WESTMORELAND , COUNTY, PA — Westmoreland County and Latrobe police departments are searching for a person of interest the stabbing death of a woman in her apartment.

Pamela Puskar, 59, was discovered deceased inside of the Loyalhanna Apartments on Jefferson Street shortly after 7 a.m. on Sunday.

The Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office performed an autopsy on Monday.

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Investigators have released a surveillance picture of a person of interest and are asking anyone who may have seen the male shown in the picture on any residential or business surveillance cameras in the vicinity any time after 7 a.m. on Saturday to please contact police immediately.

Anyone with information is asked to call the detective bureau at 724-830-3287 or Latrobe Police at 724-537-5526.

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