Eighteen defendants convicted of second-degree murder in Lehigh County are now eligible for resentencing (The county and state don’t have a list of eligible defendants for Northampton):

Harry Leo Liciaga: Convicted in the July 7, 1987, killing of George Bastian, a retired Allentown bank teller. Liciaga, who was 18 at the time, and a co-defendant, John Clarence Johnson, broke into Bastian’s Allen Street home to steal items to sell for drug money. During the burglary, Bastian was confronted, stabbed twice in the neck with a kitchen knife, and strangled.

Christopher Hanson: Found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder, rape and criminal conspiracy for the 1983 killing of Allentown teenager Flora Reinbold, whose body was discovered in the Lehigh River. Investigators determined she was raped and strangled with her own pantyhose. The investigation led police to 19-year-old Hanson and his childhood friend, 22-year-old Timothy Seip. The two men met Reinbold at the Allentown Fair and took her to Seip’s apartment in Catasauqua. While both men admitted to being present, participating in the rape and dumping her body in the river, they blamed each other for the actual strangulation. Hanson originally went to the police first to report the crime and led them to the body, claiming Seip was the sole killer.

Jessica Lynn Strohl: On Oct. 7, 1993, the 22-year-old Strohl broke into and ransacked a mobile home on East Krocks Road in Wescosville. The home belonged to her ex-boyfriend, 22-year-old Toby Romig. While Romig, his new girlfriend, 21-year-old Lisa Farkas, and their 1-year-old son, Tobias, were asleep inside, Strohl set the trailer on fire. Romig escaped the burning trailer with minor burns and smoke inhalation, but Farkas and the baby were trapped inside and killed. State troopers noted that before the fatal fire, Romig had suspected Strohl of burglarizing his home after a series of volatile arguments.

William Arthur Noll: Pleaded guilty but mentally ill to arson in the March 1995 death of  Lester Harter. For about six years, Harter allowed Noll to live at his Heidelberg Township farmhouse. Noll admitted to intentionally setting fire to the home with Harter trapped inside.

Joey Gonzalez: Was 19 when he participated in an armed robbery at Lehigh Valley Mall with two other men in 2001 that resulted in the death of Carol DiOdoardo, a mother of two who had gone to the mall to buy gifts. Gonzalez and a co-defendant approached DiOdoardo in an isolated parking area. The co-defendant shot her to death while she begged for her life.

Ismael Acevedo-Ortiz: Convicted in the 2002 home invasion robbery of Jasper Watts of Allentown. On the night of Dec. 20, 2002, 21-year-old Acevedo-Ortiz, along with two other men, went to an apartment at 821 Turner St. with the intention of robbing a drug dealer. Watts was ordered to lie face down of the floor while the group ransacked the apartment, collecting clothing, sneakers and drugs. Right before fleeing the scene, one  Acevedo-Ortiz’s co-defendants shot Watts once in the back of the head, killing him.

Charles Pack: Convicted in the Dec. 22, 2005, killing of 27-year-old Benjamin Luck of Allentown. A jury found that Pack took part in an armed robbery in which Pack was shot to death in his John Street home. DNA evidence led investigators to Pack and he was extradited from New York. Investigators determined that the shooter who killed Luck accidentally shot Pack, causing him to leave a trail of blood throughout the home.

Danny Mroz-Conde: Convicted along with two others in the Christmas Eve 2005 killing of Steven Martinez in Allentown. Mroz-Conde and two co-defendants plotted to lure Martinez to a vacant Turner Street apartment for a sexual encounter and then rob him. Martinez resisted and Mroz-Conde stabbed him twice in the back, puncturing his aorta. Bleeding heavily, Martinez managed to flee the apartment, walk down to his SUV, put the key in the ignition, and put the vehicle in gear before dying. He was found by police the next day missing his boots, which one of the robbers had stolen.

Peter Bienvienido Rojas: Found guilty in the 2009 murder of 23-year-old Mark Holdren of Palmerton. On the morning of May 28, a young boy found the body of Holdren, who was bleeding heavily from multiple slash and stab wounds. The investigation revealed that Rojas and Holdren were fellow drug users, and Rojas viewed Holdren as an easy target and lured him to a secluded area near Central Catholic High School. There, Rojas robbed Holdren and stabbed him repeatedly. Holdren staggered away from the initial attack site into a nearby backyard before collapsing and dying. Allentown police arrested Rojas on the evening of the murder,

Bobby Jene Riddick Jr.: Convicted in the 2008 killing of David Walterick of Allentown. On July 15, 2008, 18-year-old Riddick and three other people broke into Walterick’s Pine Street home intent on robbing him of drugs and money. Walterick was having coffee with his wife and tried to protect her from the intruders. Riddick shot him in the head, killing him instantly.

Darius Kevin Maurer: Pleaded guilty to avoid a possible death penalty in the 2010 killing of Donya Abdulrazzak, a Cedar Crest College student who worked at the Weis market in Emmaus. On the morning of June 4, Abdulrazzak left her home for a walk and never returned. Later that night, her body was found hidden on a wooded walking path in the Bob Rodale Cycling and Fitness Park in Emmaus. An autopsy revealed she had suffered massive injuries, including a broken hyoid bone, bloody lips, and severe bruising across her entire body before being choked to death. Shortly after the murder, Maurer was taken into police custody at a hospital after crashing his car. Abdulrazzak  was Maurer’s girlfriend and co-worker. Maurer also pleaded no contest to raping Abdulrazzak.

Win Min Htut: Pleaded guilty to avoid a capital trial in the Dec. 17, 2013, murder of his wife, Myint, in their west Bethlehem home. Htut had a history of verbal and physical abuse toward his wife, who had immigrated with him to the United States from Myanmar in 2004. Just hours before the killing, a Lehigh County judge had granted a final protection-from-abuse order barring Htut from the home. Despite the court order, Htut went to the residence and engaged in a heated argument with Myint. The dispute moved outside, where Htut shot Myint in the head, killing her in the street. The entire execution-style killing was witnessed by the couple’s three young children — then aged 10, 6 and 3.

Waldemar Rivera: Convicted by a jury in the 2017 killing of Jermaine Taylor of Allentown. Rivera and three co-conspirators used a ladder to climb onto the roof of Taylor’s West Linden Street home then climbed through a window to rob him of cash and marijuana. The masked group found Taylor with his 8-year-old daughter and forced him to open a safe. Taylor pulled a handgun from the safe and fired a defensive shot. Rivera shot back, killing Taylor in front of his daughter.

Isaac Dickerson: Found guilty in the March 2010 death of Shawn Evans of Allentown. Dickerson was one of four men who tried to rob Evans and two others at gunpoint following a home invasion in Allentown. Evans, a 300-pound youth football coach, charged at the robbers and was shot several times. He died eight days later at Lehigh Valley Hospital. At trial, several of the witnesses testified against Dickerson. He was convicted of second-degree murder as well as robbery, burglary and theft, and sentenced to life without parole. The cooperating witnesses were each sentenced to 10-20 years in state prison.

Eric Monroe Davis: Convicted of the 2014 murder of Jose “Tito” Carerro of Allentown during a home invasion at Carrero’s West Pine Street apartment. Carrero was shot in front of his 4-year-old daughter before the robber fled with cash, synthetic marijuana and a handgun. The case remained unsolved for two years until DNA found in a discarded hat at the crime scene was matched to Davis, of Reading.

Matthew White: Pleaded guilty to the 2007 killing of 83-year-old Helen Kochinsky of Allentown. White had been working as a handyman in Kochinsky’s neighborhood and knew she lived alone. He broke into her Albert Street home and stole several hundred dollars, then returned later that night to steal more. Kochinsky confronted White and threatened to call police, so he strangled her to death then set fire to the house to conceal evidence.

Norman T. Steward: Convicted by a jury in the 2005 killing of Michelle Vazquez of Allentown. In the early morning hours of July 31, 2005, Steward and another man targeted Vazquez’s North Lumber Street apartment. While the other man acted as the lookout, Steward forced his way inside, confronting Vazquez and shooting her in the head with a sawed-off shotgun.

Kevin B. Ramos: Pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty in the killing of his 19-year-old sister-in-law, Jenny Flores-Hernandez of Allentown. On the morning of March 12, 2010, Ramos forced his way into the victim’s North Fifth Street home following a night of drinking and choked Flores-Hernandez to death during an argument. He then carried her body down to the basement and hid it in an old coal cellar. Her boyfriend discovered her body later that afternoon.