Decades Old Murder Trail Continues

(November 2) Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County: Thursday was the second day of a murder trial in Monroe County that comes 24 years after the crime occured.

43-year old Frederick Davis is on trial for killing 60-year old Gladys Steffenhagen. The crime happened in September of 1982 inside of the Knob Motor Lodge in Mount Pocono. Steffenhagen’s family ran the motel. Police said Davis, who was 19 at the time, rented a room at the lodge when he robbed, beat, strangled, and suffocated the victim. Investigators used DNA forensic technology to connect Davis to the crime.

He is representing himself without an attorney in the case.