Kill for Thrill (13 page)

24. A map depicting the location of Leonard Miller’s murder on January 3, 1980.
Illustration courtesy the
Valley News Dispatch,
Tarentum, Pennsylvania.

25. John Lesko and Michael Travaglia being led from the Westmoreland County Courthouse in handcuffs during their trial in 1981. John Lesko is pictured first, and Michael Travaglia follows.
Photograph courtesy the
Valley News Dispatch
, Tarentum, Pennsylvania.

26. Leonard Miller’s honor guard escorts his body from Curran Funeral Home in Apollo, Pennsylvania, on January 7, 1980.
Photograph courtesy James D. Clawson
.

27. Leonard Miller’s honor guard escorts his body to First Lutheran Church in Apollo, Pennsylvania, on January 7, 1980. Pictured from left to right,
front
: Chief Richard Murphy, Officer Charles Sharon and Officer Donald Mahan.
Back
: Officer Robin Davis (obscured), Officer Mark Fetterman and Officer James Clawson.
Photograph courtesy James D. Clawson.

28. Reverend Zikeli leads Leonard Miller’s casket and honor guard down North Pennsylvania Avenue toward the First Lutheran Church. Hundreds of officers line North Pennsylvania Avenue to pay their last respects to Leonard as the honor guard passes.
Photograph courtesy the
Valley News Dispatch
, Tarentum, Pennsylvania.

29. The First Lutheran Church as it appears today. On the day of Leonard Miller’s funeral service, thousands of mourners and more than seven hundred officers crowded the tiny church to pay their last respects.

30. Hundreds of uniformed officers lined the streets of Apollo Borough to pay their respects as Leonard Miller’s funeral procession passed by.
Photograph courtesy James D. Clawson
.

31. Leonard Miller’s honor guard prepares to load his body into the waiting hearse as a contingent of uniformed officers offer a final salute to their fallen colleague.
Photograph courtesy James D. Clawson
.

32. Leonard Miller’s body is loaded into the hearse outside of First Lutheran Church as somber, uniformed officers salute their fallen comrade. Pictured on the left,
front to back
: Officer Donald Mahan, Officer Charles Sharon and Chief Richard Murphy. On the right,
front to back
: Officer James Clawson, Officer Robin Davis and Officer Mark Fetterman.
Photograph courtesy the
Valley News Dispatch
, Tarentum, Pennsylvania.

33. Reverend Zicelli presides over the graveside interment of Leonard Miller’s body. Seated are Evelyn Miller, Frank Miller and an unidentified mourner.
Photograph courtesy the
Valley News Dispatch,
Tarentum, Pennsylvania
.

34. Apollo officer Kevin Gibbons sounds Taps as Leonard Miller’s body is interred at Riverside Cemetery in Kiski Township, Pennsylvania.
Photograph courtesy James D. Clawson
.

35. The Apollo police cruiser that was driven by Leonard Miller on January 3, 1980, the night he was gunned down.
Photograph courtesy James D. Clawson
.