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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Castle, PA) The New Castle Crime Unit of the Pennsylvania State Police are asking for the help of the public as they investigate new leads in an unsolved homicide which occurred 53 years ago in Lawrence County. 

According to an announcement from the state police on Thursday, two suspects are still being sought in the death of twenty-two-year-old Frank Dewayne Iwanejko of New Castle, who was killed in an alleged robbery attempt at a quarry near Covert Road in Union Township at 2 a.m. on June 9th, 1973. 

The first suspect is described as a white man who was approximately 22 years old at the time of the incident. He is about 5 feet, 6 inches in height and about 135 pounds in weight, with a thin build and long, dark curly hair. 

The second suspect is described as a white man who was approximately 24 years old at the time. He is about 5 feet, 11 inches in height and about 190 pounds in weight, with a heavy build and medium length brown hair. 

According to police, the homicide occurred when Iwanejko and a 22-year-old female acquaintance were seated in a vehicle parked at a quarry area off Covert Road, talking after a date, when the two male suspects approached the vehicle and attempted to rob them.

Police also stated that a brief struggle took place when Iwanejko refused to give them any money and Iwanejko was killed by the first suspect. 

You can call 724-598-2211 if you have any information on the suspects.