Police offer $5K reward for information on ’93 cold case

NEW CASTLE, Pa. (WKBN) –The New Castle Barracks of the Pennsylvania State Police is offering a $5,000 reward for information on the unsolved 1993 death of a woman who never returned from a shopping trip.

Investigators are seeking information on the death of Julie Rae Conway. She was 35 years old when she disappeared Aug. 28, 1993, after she went shopping at the Lawrence Village Plaza in New Castle.

A news release said Conway bought something at a hardware store, and that is the last trace investigators have of her until her body was found Sept. 6, 1993, in a limestone quarry in Shenango Township. Conway’s Pontiac was still parked at the plaza when she went missing, the release said.

Her death was ruled a homicide because of a fatal gunshot wound.

Anyone with information can contact the state police tip line at 724-598-2211 or you can contact PSP Tips if you have information on this crime, any serious crime, or a wanted person. You can call PSP Tips Toll Free at 1-800-4PA-TIPS(8477) or online.

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