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Aug 12, 1999 - Baby Missing, Father Sought

Aug 13, 1999 - Cops Hunt For Missing Baby
Aug 14, 1999 - A Mother's Nightmare
Aug 15, 1999 - Baby Katelyn Still Missing
Aug 16, 1999 - Family, Friends Pray For Katelyn
Aug 17, 1999 - Father's Story Falling Apart
Aug 18, 1999 - After a Week, No Sign of Baby
Aug 19, 1999 - Katelyn Cops Comb River
Aug 20, 1999 - Katelyn Search Suspended
Aug 21, 1999 - No New Leads On Missing Baby

Aug 22, 1999 - Case of Missing Child Argues For Rack's Return

(Gil Spencer, Columnist)

Aug 24, 1999 - Friends Raising Reward Money For Baby Katelyn's Safe Return
Aug 25, 1999 - Construction Site Searched
Aug 26, 1999 - Shovel Linked To Katelyn
Aug 26, 1999 - Ribbons Hung For Missing Girl
Aug 28, 1999 - Search Finds No Clues To Katelyn's Whereabouts
Aug 29, 1999 - Friends Raise Funds For Katelyn Reward
Aug 31, 1999 - Developer, Others Donate to Katelyn Reward Fund
Aug 31, 1999 - Tire Iron Could Hold Clue To Missing Tot
Sept 1, 1999 - Article Title Unknown
Sept 2, 1999 - Article Title Unknown
Sept 3, 1999 - "Search the World"
Sept 6, 1999 - Article Title Unknown
Sept 9, 1999 - Donors Push Katelyn Reward Fund Past $10,000 Mark
Sept 14, 1999 - No New Clues on Katelyn's Whereabouts
Sept 30, 1999 - "I Know Where She Is"
Oct 1, 1999 - D.A. Takes Custody of Rivera Letter to Times
Oct 1, 1999 - Rivera's Mom: Katelyn's Alive

Oct 1, 1999 - Mr. Rivera - Stop The Game, Start Talking

(Editorial)

Oct 3, 1999 - Katelyn Reward Fund Hits $3,000
Oct 5, 1999 - Rivera Said He Didn't Plan Kidnapping
Oct 15, 1999 - Katelyn's Shoe, Sock Found
Oct 15, 1999 - Dad Formally Arraigned in Daughter's Kidnapping
Oct 16, 1999 - Rivera Would Not Hurt Katelyn
Oct 20, 1999 - Advocate: Rivera Didn't Hurt Baby
Oct 21, 1999 - Dad: "Katelyn is alive"
Oct 21, 1999 - Timeline of Katelyn 's Disappearance

Oct 22, 1999 - Mystery Couple, if There is One, Knows Too

(Editorial)

Nov 1, 1999 - Our Job is Twofold: To Report the News and Tell Your Stories

(Editorial)

Nov. 10, 1999 - Toddler Still Missing After Three Months
Nov 16, 1999 - Rivera Wants His Bail Reduced
Nov 16, 1999 - Rivera Figure Grabbed by Delaware Lawmen
Nov 18, 1999 - Hearing Delayed For Missing Baby
Nov 24, 1999 - Rivera Granted New Attorney
Dec 2, 1999 - Dad Gets New Lawyer in Katelyn Kidnapping
Dec 12, 1999 - "Happy Birthday, Sweet Katelyn"
Feb 18, 2000 - Katelyn's Disappearance Goes to Delco Grand Jury
Mar 23, 2000 - Now, Katelyn's Father Faces Murder Charges
Mar 23, 2000 - Katelyn's Day Care Playmates Recall a Girl Who Said ‘Mama'
Mar 23, 2000 - Rivera Smiles at His Arraignment
Mar 23, 2000 - Timeline of Katelyn's Disappearance
Mar 24, 2000 - Lawyers: D.A. Has Tough Task
Mar 24, 2000 - Rivera's Ex Hopes Katelyn is Still Alive
Mar 27, 2000 - The Appropriate Penalty for Robert Rivera
(Editorial)
Mar 29, 2000 - Search Continues For Katelyn 's Body
Apr 18, 2000 - Rivera: No Body, No Crime
Apr 28, 2000 - Rivera to Face Death for Katelyn 's Murder
Apr 29, 2000 - Rivera's "Scared" by Death Threat
May 12, 2000 - D.A. to Lay Out Case Against Katelyn 's Dad
May 13, 2000 - "I Looked In ... And Saw The Little Girl"
May 18, 2000 - News From Around Delaware County
June 13, 2000 - Rivera Can't See D.A.'s Evidence
June 18, 2000 - Police Blotter
Aug 11, 2000 - A Year Later, Mom Yearns for Katelyn
Aug 15, 2000 - Rivera Wants New Defense Lawyer in Baby's Murder
Aug 16, 2000 - Search Continues for Katelyn 's Body
Aug 19, 2000 - Local News
Sept 9, 2000 - Rivera Snaps Out in Court, Vows Silence on Katelyn
Sept 13, 2000 - Rivera Defense Wants to Exclude Testimony
Sept 14, 2000 - Where is Katelyn?
Sept 15, 2000 - Rivera Flinches as His Ex-Fiancée Takes Stand
Sept 15, 2000 - Prison Pal Says Rivera Admitted Killing Baby
Sept 16, 2000 - Child Porn Convict: Rivera Said Baby's Body Was Intact
Sept 26, 2000 - Remembering Loved Ones
Oct 6, 2000 - Three-Judge Panel Weighs Case Against Katelyn's Dad
Oct 25, 2000 - Panel to Rule On Rivera Charges
Nov 7, 2000 - Reilly Begins His New Post
Nov 14, 2000 - Rivera Will Go To Trial
Feb 27, 2001 - Days Before Katelyn Vanished, Rivera Threatened Tot's Mother
Mar 1, 2001 - Katelyn's Mom Testifies of Abuse
Mar 16, 2001 - Officials Say Killer Pummeled Rivera in Delco's Prison
May 18, 2001 - Prison Informant: I Dropped Dime for Coffee, Sugar
Sept 1, 2001 - Rivera Witnesses Will Testify, Judge Allows Other Evidence
Oct 6, 2001 - Jury Selection and Trial Date Set in Rivera Kidnapping Case
Oct 20, 1999 - Rivera Trial Will Be In Delco
Nov 21, 2001 - Rivera Thwarted in Bid to Dismiss his Attorney
Nov 28, 2001 - Jury Selection for Rivera Trial Dealing With Media Coverage
Nov 29, 2001 - Rivera Trial Gets Five Jurors
Nov 30, 2001 - 13 Picked for Rivera 's Murder Trial
Jan 9, 2002 - Rivera loses yet another bid to remove his lawyer
Jan 14, 2002 - So many questions and so much silence
Jan 15, 2002 - Rivera gabs as his trial looms
Jan 16, 2002 - Is Katelyn alive? New witness says ‘yes'
(Gil Spencer, Columnist)
Jan 16, 2002 - Katelyn 's mom details day of horror
Jan 17, 2002 - Witnesses describe Katelyn 's final hours
Jan 18, 2002 - Snitch admits profit motive
Jan 19, 2002 - FBI agent: Rivera feared not ever seeing Katelyn100

Jan 21, 2002 - Sileo's latest explanation stretches the imagination by Phil Heron

(Phil Heron, Editor)

Jan 23, 2002 - Robert Rivera : Star witness for the prosecution
(Gil Spencer, Columnist)
Jan 23, 2002 - Rivera mum on Katelyn 's fate
Jan 24, 2002 - Rivera's future: Life behind bars
Jan 24, 2002 - Defense lawyers split on Rivera 's risky trial testimony
Jan 25, 2002 - Rivera can carry burden of his secret to jail - Editorial
Jan 25, 2002 - Katelyn , justice left cheated by Rivera verdict
(Gil Spencer, Columnist)
Jan 27, 2002 - Getting Rivera
Mar 6, 2002 - Rivera informant gets a break
Mar 12, 2002 - Rivera sentenced to life+ for his daughter's murder
June 19, 2002 - Katelyn 's dead, judge decides
June 24, 2003 - Rivera appeal denied
 
Articles Exclusively about Prison Informant William Lively (Below)
May 26, 1999 - Not in this Upper Darby Neighborhood
June 9, 1999 - Neighbor held for harassment
June 24, 1999 - Cops seek owners of tool cache
June 24, 1999 - Alleged harasser's family claimed harassment
July 1, 1999 - More victims report tool thefts
July 3, 1999 - Out on bail, he's busted on new charge
Aug 6, 1999 - Judge hikes bail for threat
Sept 5, 1999 - Lively Hearing Set
Oct 13, 1999 - Accused Tool Thief Waives Court Hearing
 

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