Joseph E. Bentzel of West Chester

Joseph E. Bentzel, 91, of West Chester, died on Thursday, Dec. 25, at Bryn Mawr Hospital. He was the husband of Patricia Jacoby Bentzel, with whom he shared 48 years of marriage. Born in York, he was a son of the late Ervin and the late Mae (Savage) Bentzel. Mr. Bentzel served our country during WWII as a technical sergeant in the Army Air Corps,…

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Amid outrage, case elicits child-abuse warning

In the annals of Chester County, few crimes have stunned and outraged residents and law-enforcement personnel more than the alleged torture and fatal beating of a 3-year-old boy on Nov. 4 in West Caln Township. Last week, three people charged in connection with the homicide of Scotty McMillan each waived their preliminary hearings. McMillan’s mother, Jillian Tait, and her boyfriend, Gary Lee Fellenbaum, face the…

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