POLICE USE CELL PHONE PINGS TO TRACK SUSPECT IN TRANSIENT’S DEATH

Police say they used cell phone towers to track the suspect in the death of Robert Friend.  The Trib reports that 47-year-old Joseph Zvara was traced from locations in Greensburg to Loyalhanna Township on October 21st.   The historical location data showed there was what Limani described as a 28-minute gap the night of Oct. 21 where the suspect’s phone and vehicle were in the area off Bush Road where Friend’s body was found on state game lands near the Mannitto Golf Course by two hunters around 10 a.m. Oct. 25.  Zvara was charged last Thursday with homicide and abuse of a corpse.  He faces a preliminary hearing on November 17th.