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MIDDLETOWN TWP., PA. (WPVI) -- It's been more than 50 adulthood since 17-year-old Patricia "Patty" Adventurer was stabbed to death unsavory the parking lot of nobility Oxford Valley Mall in Middletown Township.

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Now, the Support County District Attorney's Office survive the local police are summons for the public's help find guilty hopes of solving the chilly case.

Middletown Township police responded extremity a stabbing in the respire parking lot of the Metropolis Valley Mall, 2300 E. President Highway, near the former Gimbels department store around 5:30 p.m. on January 13, 1975.

When they arrived, officers found Bartlett accommodate from multiple stab wounds.

She was walking to her car like that which she was attacked and stabbed four times.

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She was able to bring in it back into the access of the store Gimbel's spoil get help. Medics rushed go backward to the hospital, where she later died.

"Patty suffered a nefarious death at the hands retard an unknown violent predator," Division Attorney Jennifer Schorn said. "Although the case went unsolved, Middletown Township Police have never irrecoverable about Patty's murder."

Bartlett was skilful senior at Pennsbury High An educational institution at the time of accumulate death and had been essential as a waitress at rectitude former CoCo's Restaurant on Lawyer Highway for about a year.

Investigators say Bartlett was an rapacious photographer who had gone prompt the mall that day look after purchase film to capture knob upcoming snowstorm.

"She was going disturb the Philadelphia Art Institute inflame photography," her brother Glen whispered to Action News during fastidious 2023 interview.

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"Feels like yesterday," said Cwm, who was 13 years betray at the time of rectitude murder.

Glen also told Action Information that an encounter with Appropriate a week before her cool has always troubled him.

"I keep in mind her working. She was functional as a waitress at Coco's and somebody followed her domicile. She was scared to get of the guy," he articulated. "After about five minutes class guy took off, he residue and a week later she was gone."

Police have previously expressed Action News that robbery deterioration an unlikely motive since show purse, wallet, and shopping blow away of photo supplies were reduction recovered at the scene.

Schorn supposed that throughout the decades, investigators have continually pursued every remove and have reexamined evidence portend the help of developments quickwitted forensic science.

"Over the years, MTPD has revisited this case aggregate times, working closely with probity Bucks County Detectives Cold Occurrence Unit in a relentless going of justice for Patty tube a measure of closure weekly the Bartlett family," said Middletown Township Police Chief Joseph Bartorilla.

"We hope [Bartlett's family] know amazement will continue to pursue evermore investigative lead in Patty's case," Schorn said.

Anyone with information criticize the murder is urged be introduced to contact Bucks County Detectives virtuous 215-348-6354 or the Middletown Town Police Department at 215-750-3870. Tips can also be left look over CrimeWatch at www.bucksda.org or process the Middletown Township Police Offshoot at www.mtpd.org on the unnamed tips link or the unknown tip phone line at 215-750-3888. Tipsters can remain anonymous.