WESTMORELAND COUNTY JUDGE RULES THAT 16 YEAR-OLD HOMICIDE CASE CAN MOVE FORWARD

A Westmoreland County Judge has ruled that a 16 year-old homicide cold case can move forward.  The Trib reports that Judge Tim Krieger denied the motion requesting charges of murder and burglary be dropped for 55-year-old Charles Earl Ream, saying that charges were not filed too late.  Ream was charged nearly three years ago for the alleged murder of Samantha Lang in her Derry Township home.  The 22-year-old Lang was killed March 30, 2007, at her residence on Route 982 near the village of Peanut.