PSP: September 1987 - Dale Kerstetter surveillance video - Corning Glassworks
| Tracking # |
2019-0132 |
| Submitted | Feb. 6, 2019 |
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From: Robert Delaware
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Pennsylvania Right to Know Act, I hereby request the following records:
Respectfully, this is a request for the release of the original surveillance video from the Dale Kerstetter disappearance in September of 1987. The Pennsylvania State Police is in possession of a grainy surveillance video from 1987 that shows the last known footage of Dale Kerstetter, along with a masked man who is suspected in robbing platinum from a Corning Glassworks factory.
This is a request for the release of that video, using the logic that the case is very cold, and that the release of the original video will generate more attention to the case, and possibly more leads.
Some additional background:
Kerstetter was a security guard at Corning Glassworks who disappeared around September 12th of 1987. The Corning Glassworks factory was robbed of platinum at the same time. There is a video from the night of the Kerstetter disappearance that shows him and a masked intruder.
A reenactment of this video was shown during an episode of the television program "Unsolved Mysteries" that aired several years after Mr. Kerstetter's disappearance.
This case remains unsolved, and is a topic of conversation on countless internet forums, podcasts, and YouTube videos.
Mr. Kerstetter's family has taken to giving interviews
where they acknowledge that Mr. Kerstetter is either dead, or was likely complicit in the crime.
Members of the Kerstetter family have been openly cooperating with the media in hopes of generating additional coverage of this case.
This is the kind of cold case where the release of additional information - in this instance an old surveillance video - is bound to generate additional attention. Please consider this a request for the release of this video.
Here is an example of the coverage this unusual case has received:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBAZYQf365I
https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/dale-kerstetter-gone-platinum
https://www.crimewatchpa.com/crimestoppers/316/cases/media-release-2305-missing-persontheft-dale-irwin-kerstetter-unknown-suspects-%E2%80%93-bradford
http://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/kerstetter-disappearance-missing-platinum-more-than-years-ago-still-an/article_7e0eb8d8-c857-11e8-97cf-0764eaa5fbf9.html
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ed-dentzel/unfound/e/56804314
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Robert Delaware
From: Pennsylvania State Police
An acknowledgement letter, stating the request is being processed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Pennsylvania Right to Know Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 6, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Pennsylvania State Police
Mr. Delaware,
Your RTKL request (2019-0132) was received February 6, 2019. A five day interim response
was placed in the mail February 13, 2019.
Thank you,
KIM GRANT | LEGAL ASSISTANT II | DEPUTY AORO
Right to Know Law/ Subpoena Section
Pennsylvania State Police DHQ | Bureau of Records and Identification
1800 Elmerton Avenue Hbg | PA 17110
RTK 1-877-785-7771
www.psp.pa.gov
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Pennsylvania Right to Know Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 6, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2019-0132.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Pennsylvania State Police
Mr. Delaware,
Please be advised that our office received your RTK request on February 6, 2019. An interim response, not a final response, to your request was
placed in the mail February 13, 2019, indicating that the PSP will require up to an additional 30 days, or until March 15, 2019 in which to respond to
your request.
Thank you,
KIM GRANT | LEGAL ASSISTANT II | DEPUTY AORO
Right to Know Law/ Subpoena Section
Pennsylvania State Police DHQ | Bureau of Records and Identification
1800 Elmerton Avenue Hbg | PA 17110
RTK 1-877-785-7771
www.psp.pa.gov
PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION
The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any use of this information other than by the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this message in error, please send a reply e-mail to the sender and delete the material from any and all computers. Unintended transmissions shall not constitute waiver of the attorney-client or any other privilege.
From: Pennsylvania State Police
The request has been rejected by the agency.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Pennsylvania Right to Know Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 6, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 15, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #2019-0132.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Pennsylvania State Police
Mr. Delaware,
A final response to your Right to Know Law request will be placed in the mail
today, March 15, 2019.
Thank you,
KIM GRANT | LEGAL ASSISTANT II | DEPUTY AORO
Right to Know Law/ Subpoena Section
Pennsylvania State Police DHQ | Bureau of Records and Identification
1800 Elmerton Avenue Hbg | PA 17110
RTK 1-877-785-7771
www.psp.pa.gov
PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION
The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any use of this information other than by the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this message in error, please send a reply e-mail to the sender and delete the material from any and all computers. Unintended transmissions shall not constitute waiver of the attorney-client or any other privilege.
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