Oil City Teen Reflects on Efforts to Restore Halloween Tradition in Wake of Shauna Howe Murder

Scott Shindledecker

Scott Shindledecker

Published October 27, 2016 4:45 am
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OIL CITY, Pa. (EYT) – Halloween is a time for kids to have fun, getting dressed up, getting plenty of candy and other treats.

But in the 1990s, the murders of two young girls made the holiday something much darker for residents of Oil City.

On October 27, 1992, 11-year-old Shauna Howe left a Halloween party at a church a few blocks from home and was on her way by 8:00 p.m.