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Matthew Grendel

A Wilkes-Barre, PA newspaper article reveals that smiley face graffiti may have been found near the location where Matthew Grendel was recovered in 2007. 

I didn’t know much about Matthew’s case until the newspaper reporter emailed me. After some digging, it appears that his story certainly mirrors the others. He was at a house party celebrating St. Patrick’s Day and  got separated from his friends.  Matthew made a strange cell call (the cell phone has never been found) and vanished.  The last time anyone heard from Matthew was in the afternoon of 3/10/07.  To get to the water’s edge, he would have had to walk some busy streets in the broad daylight. There were no sightings of him between the campus area and the water. 

The newspaper reporter, Jerry Lynott, asked if he could interview me for the story. I agreed and asked for the phone number for Matthew’s mom. Patty Grendel is an amazing woman with inspiring faith who says if her son was killed, she will forgive the perpetrator. Despite a thorough police investigation, many things about Matthew’s disappearance don’t add up.  Her family, like so many others, is left searching for answers.  

So about that graffiti… I know you are wondering what it looked like and where it was found. I asked the newspaper reporter and he told me that retired NYPD Kevin Gannon says he found it and it matched other graffiti. He refused to disclose a photo or specify the location. 

Thanks to Jerry Lynott, the reporter at The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Here’s is a link to the article.

Kristi Piehl In the Press, Uncategorized