{"id":10373,"date":"2015-09-24T15:25:25","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T23:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10373"},"modified":"2024-05-29T17:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T01:03:27","slug":"snuka-cold-case-murder-detective-who-lied-about-investigation-in-1992-retired-from-whitehall-police-three-days-before-starting-with-d-a-s-office-in-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10373","title":{"rendered":"Snuka Cold-Case Murder Detective, Who Lied About Investigation in 1992, Retired From Whitehall Police Three Days Before Starting With D.A.’s Office in 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nby Irvin Muchnick<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Whitehall Township tells us that Detective Gerald Procanyn retired from the police there, where he had served since 1966, on April 25, 2003. That was a Friday, and he started on the Lehigh County district attorney’s office payroll the following Monday, April 28. The James Moore Jr. cold-case murder trial started just three days after that.<\/span><\/p>\n

We don’t know if Procanyn, who must be in his 70s at this point, is a full- or part-time employee of the D.A. Reasonably, we can speculate that he is drawing a Whitehall Township pension — his departure there is called a retirement, not a resignation — and, like many cops and military personnel, is “double-dipping” with a new job, in his case on the public coin and in the same area of his base career.<\/span><\/p>\n

I say “reasonably speculate” because Procanyn has not responded to Concussion Inc.’s inquiries. If that changes and we get more information on his timeline (as well as any impact that might have had on the Jimmy Snuka and Moore homicide investigations), we’ll let you know.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 2013 ebook, <\/span><\/i>JUSTICE DENIED: The Untold Story of Nancy Argentino’s Death in Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka’s Hotel Room<\/span>, annotates our original article and benefits a women’s shelter in Nancy’s memory. You can order the ebook for $2.99 on Amazon Kindle (<\/span><\/i>http:\/\/amzn.com\/B00CPTP6VM<\/span><\/i><\/a>) or a PDF copy by email (send $2.99 via PayPal to nancyargentino@gmail.com). One hundred percent of the proceeds are donated by the Argentino family, in Nancy’s memory, to the women’s shelter in development at the Salerno, Italy, church Centro Evangelical dei Fratelli.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

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PREVIOUSLY<\/strong>:<\/b><\/p>\n

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Book Bonus: Introduction to New Ebook ‘JUSTICE DENIED’ – Story of Nancy Argentino’s 1983 Death in Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka’s Motel Room<\/a><\/h2>\n

Published May 9th, 2013<\/b><\/p>\n

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Pennsylvania District Attorney Defends Detective Who Lied in 1992 About Jimmy Snuka Homicide Investigation<\/a><\/h2>\n

Published July 2nd, 2013<\/b><\/p>\n

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Links to Muchnick’s 22 Years of Coverage of the Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka Homicide Cold Case<\/a><\/h2>\n

Published February 5th, 2014<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Controversial Jimmy Snuka Murder Case Detective Is One of Several Musical Chairs and Revolving Door Figures in Lehigh County Criminal Justice<\/a><\/h2>\n
Published September 23rd, 2015<\/div>\n
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Lehigh County: Snuka Murder Case Detective Procanyn Moved From Whitehall Township Police to District Attorney’s Office on the Eve of Another Cold Case Homicide Trial<\/a><\/h2>\n

Published September 23rd, 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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