{"id":291635,"date":"2026-09-22T16:32:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/291635\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T16:32:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:32:59","slug":"indiana-man-charged-in-2002-rape-and-killing-of-erie-county-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/291635\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana man charged in 2002 rape and killing of Erie County woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ERIE (WOLF) \u2014 An Indiana man has been charged with rape, kidnapping and murder in the 2002 disappearance of 20-year-old Sabrina Kahler, whose body has never been found.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Dave Sunday and Erie County District Attorney Elizabeth Hirz announced Monday that a statewide investigating grand jury recommended charges against David Heck, now 50.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators allege Heck picked up Kahler from her Erie home on June 24, 2002, to go swimming. Authorities say he later took her to the Fairview Gravel Pits, where he raped and killed her.<\/p>\n<p>According to the attorney general\u2019s office, Heck later recruited an acquaintance to help move Kahler\u2019s body to the Elk Creek Access area, where it was buried. Searches have continued in the area, which investigators say has changed significantly over the past 24 years.<\/p>\n<p>The charges follow testimony before the grand jury from former acquaintances of Heck, including one man who allegedly said he helped move and bury Kahler\u2019s body.<\/p>\n<p>Heck was taken into custody at his Indiana home late Monday. The state attorney general\u2019s office and Erie County district attorney will prosecute the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ERIE (WOLF) \u2014 An Indiana man has been charged with rape, kidnapping and murder in the 2002 disappearance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-291635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}