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Jillian Pikora

Senior Assistant Managing Editor

jpikora@dailyvoice.com

Jillian is an editor and reporter based out of Pennsylvania's capital city of Harrisburg. She has a degree in Political Science and is a former political campaign manager. For over a decade, she has worked as a staff reporter and freelance writer at Sisters Magazine, The Tempest, Huffington Post, CairoScene, and several other outlets. Before joining Daily Voice, Jillian worked as a digital news editor at Hearst's local NBC affiliate, WGAL News 8. She currently assists in managing Virginia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts; as well as reporting stories in Pennsylvania for Daily Voice.

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Facebook Friend Stabbed, Burned Alive By Gang Member: Life Sentence Facebook Friend Stabbed, Burned Alive By Gang Member: Life Sentence
Facebook Friend Stabbed, Burned Alive By Gang Member: Life Sentence An Easton gang member who stabbed his Facebook friend and set him on fire has been sentenced to life in prison — plus decades more — for the brutal killing, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced in a release on Friday, June 27. Alkiohn Dunkins, 26, was convicted of first-degree murder and related charges earlier this year in the 2018 slaying of 18-year-old Tyrell Holmes, who was found near a dumpster with four stab wounds to his neck and torso before being set ablaze while still alive. Dunkins was sentenced to life in prison plus 23 to 50 years, and ordered to pay $9,622 in fu…

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85-Year-Old Allentown Grandfather Killed In Hit-Run Leads To Driver's Arrest Years Later: DA 85-Year-Old Allentown Grandfather Killed In Hit-Run Leads To Driver's Arrest Years Later: DA
85-Year-Old Allentown Grandfather Killed In Hit-Run Leads To Driver's Arrest Years Later: DA An Allentown man has been charged in a deadly hit-and-run that killed 85-year-old grandfather Elian N. Makdsi in October 2023, authorities announced on Friday, June 27, 2025. Jorge Gonzalez, 39, is accused of fatally striking Makdsi while driving a silver 2004 Mercedes-Benz at the intersection of North Jerome Street and Union Boulevard around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, according to Allentown Police and Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan. Makdsi, of Allentown, was found lying in the road with multiple blunt-force injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and his…

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Philly Exotic Dancer's Body Found Stuffed In Futon, Co-Worker Arrested 3,732 Miles Away Philly Exotic Dancer's Body Found Stuffed In Futon, Co-Worker Arrested 3,732 Miles Away
Philly Exotic Dancer's Body Found Stuffed In Futon, Co-Worker Arrested 3,732 Miles Away A 21-year-old woman was found dead, stuffed inside a futon in her Philadelphia apartment, and her alleged killer has been captured overseas, authorities announced on Friday, June 27. The body of Yuleisy Carolina Torrelles-Martinez was discovered on Saturday, April 5, inside her living room couch in the 4400 block of Frankford Avenue, after friends grew concerned when she hadn't answered the door for days. Police were called to the apartment and found her wrapped in a shower curtain and trash bags, Philadelphia police said. Medics pronounced Torrelles-Martinez dead at 8:26 a.m. A post-mortem…

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ATV Rollover Kills Man Aiding Driver On Rural PA Road: Coroner ATV Rollover Kills Man Aiding Driver On Rural PA Road: Coroner
ATV Rollover Kills Man Aiding Driver On Rural PA Road: Coroner A Pennsylvania man was killed while trying to help a stranded driver in a crash that turned deadly, state police announced on Friday, June 27. Joshua T. Clark, 41, of Weisenberg Township, was operating an all-terrain vehicle when it rolled over several times as he was heading toward a disabled motorist on the 10000 block of Old Route 22 around 8:25 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, Pennsylvania State Police from the Fogelsville barracks detailed. Clark lost control of the ATV, which veered off the roadway and flipped multiple times, according to the investigation. He was rushed to Lehigh Valley …

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Ex-Muhlenberg Man Busted In Child Porn File Sharing Case: Berks County DA Ex-Muhlenberg Man Busted In Child Porn File Sharing Case: Berks County DA
Ex-Muhlenberg Man Busted In Child Porn File Sharing Case: Berks County DA A Maryland man is accused of uploading child sexual abuse material to KIK Messenger from a home in Pennsylvania, investigators announced on Friday, June 27. Daniel J. Huber, 34, of Abingdon, Maryland, previously of Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania, was arrested after a multi-complaint investigation by the Berks County District Attorney’s Office, according to Chief County Detective Michael J. Gombar. Detectives were first tipped off by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which reported digital files suspected to be child sexual abuse material (CSAM) shared via KIK. Five additiona…

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PA Bookkeeper Stole $822K From Law Firm In NJ In 6-Year Remote Embezzlement: Bucks County DA PA Bookkeeper Stole $822K From Law Firm In NJ In 6-Year Remote Embezzlement: Bucks County DA
PA Bookkeeper Stole $822K From Law Firm In NJ In 6-Year Remote Embezzlement: Bucks County DA She worked remotely from Pennsylvania — and secretly funneled hundreds of thousands from her New Jersey law firm. Now, the 66-year-old bookkeeper is going to jail for a years-long financial betrayal. A former bookkeeper who siphoned more than $800,000 from a Bucks County-based law firm with operations in New Jersey has been sentenced to county jail, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday, June 27. Reese Esther Paul, 66, of Holland in Northampton Township, was handed a sentence of one year less a day to two years less a day in the Bucks County Correctional Facility, …

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PA Mom Dies Days After House Fire Leaves Her With Third-Degree Burns, Family Says PA Mom Dies Days After House Fire Leaves Her With Third-Degree Burns, Family Says
PA Mom Dies Days After House Fire Leaves Her With Third-Degree Burns, Family Says A disabled Luzerne County woman who was trapped inside her burning Kingston home earlier this week has died, officials and family members say. Rebecca Kowalski, 52, of Kingston, was pronounced dead at 4:42 a.m. on Thursday, June 26, at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest, the Luzerne County Coroner's Office said on Friday, June 27. She died from complications of thermal burns and smoke inhalation sustained in a house fire on the 50 block of Payne Avenue at approximately 6:44 a.m. on Tuesday, June 24. Kowalski, who had no use of her legs, was alone when the fire spread through the living room…

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Innocent Man Killed After Baldwin Brawl In Bloods Gang Drive-By: DA Innocent Man Killed After Baldwin Brawl In Bloods Gang Drive-By: DA
Innocent Man Killed After Baldwin Brawl In Bloods Gang Drive-By: DA A gang member seeking revenge for an attempt on his life helped kill a bystander in a drive-by shooting, a Nassau County jury found on Thursday, June 26. Taiquan “Tay Tay” Cullum, 35, of Hempstead, was convicted of Murder in the Second Degree and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced on Friday, June 27, 2025. According to Donnelly, Cullum was targeted in a shooting outside D’Ambiance bar in Baldwin around 1:57 a.m. on July 28, 2019. Jermaine Grant fired at Cullum seven times during a dispute. Cullum sur…

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FBI Releases Details, Items Found With Human Remains In York County Investigation FBI Releases Details, Items Found With Human Remains In York County Investigation
FBI Releases Details, Items Found With Human Remains In York County Investigation Authorities are turning to the public to help identify a woman whose remains were found in a wooded area of Fairview Township, York County, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. The human remains were discovered in the 300 block of Pleasant View Road, according to Fairview Township Police. Since then, detectives have worked with a forensic artist from the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) to create composite sketches showing what the woman may have looked like, according to a release on Wednesday, June 25. Fairview Township PD The woman was white, between 30 and 60 years ol…

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘This Can’t Stand’ Husband Demands Justice After Wife Killed In Crosswalk EXCLUSIVE: ‘This Can’t Stand’ Husband Demands Justice After Wife Killed In Crosswalk
Exclusive: ‘This Can’t Stand’ Husband Demands Justice After Wife Killed In Crosswalk A Pennsylvania man is demanding criminal charges be filed after his wife, Diane Kopena, a beloved community volunteer and New Jersey native, was fatally struck in a Lansdale crosswalk. The driver who hit her has only been cited for traffic violations. “You can’t take the life of a human being and it’s just OK. Just wipe the blood off your pickup and live on as if nothing ever happened,” said her husband, George Kopena, in an exclusive statement to Daily Voice. Diane, 71, died on Thursday, May 1, 2025—days after being hit at Columbia Avenue and Richardson Avenue on April 24. On Friday, J…

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