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KROH DISAPPEARED 30 YEARS AGO. WGAL NEWS 8’S JEREMY JENKINS REPORTS. JEREMY: IN 1989, POLICE FOUND KROH’S CAR HERE IN THE SQUARE MILLERSBURG. OVER THE YEARS, MANY BUSINESS LIKE SKEE-ON-O’S PIZZA HAVE PUT UP SIGNS IN HOPES OF FINDING OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO KROH. NOW THAT WEBSTER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH LYING TO A GRAND JURY, RESIDENTS HOPE HIS ARREST WILL LEAD TO ANSWERS. >> WHERE IS SHE? WHERE DID THEY PUT HER? WHAT HAPPENED TO HER? JEREMY: KRISTI HERB WORKS AT SCHIANO’S PIZZA. SHE SAYS WEBSTER WAS JUST IN LAST WEEK. MS. HERB: I KNEW THAT THEY WERE ON HIS FARM. AND I’VE KNOWN THE GUY FOR PRACTICALLY ALL MY LIFE. JEREMY: ACCORDING TO POLICE DOCUMENTS, A WITNESS SAYS AFTER POLICE SEARCHED WEBSTER’S PROPERTY, HE WAS DRINKING AND SAID HE WAS INVOLVED IN KROH’S MURDER. THE DOCUMENTS SAY THE WITNESS CLAIMS WEBSTER TOLD HER "IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE JUST A RAPE AND DONE, BUT THEN IT TURNED OUT TO BE A LOT MORE THAN THAT." BUT RESIDENTS SAY IF THE WITNESS’ ACCOUNT IS TRUE, IT ONLY LEADS TO MORE QUESTIONS. MS. HERB: THEN WHAT DID THEY DO? DID THEY BURN HER UP? IS THAT WHAT THEY DI

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Pennsylvania State Police have charged a man in connection with the investigation into the disappearance of Tracy Kroh, the teenager who went missing 30 years ago in Dauphin County and is presumed dead.Matthew Webster, 54, of Halifax, is charged with perjury for allegedly lying to a grand jury. He was arrested in the courtroom, according to officials with the district attorney's office. A complaint alleged Webster lied about speaking to another witness, Holly Mallett, about her grand jury testimony.A court-ordered wiretap recorded Webster and Mallett talking about how she would deny earlier statements to state police, officials said.Mallett was interviewed by police in 2018 and told them Webster admitted to her that he was involved in Kroh's rape and murder, the complaint said.The complaint said Webster told Mallett he and his friends came into contact with Kroh in 1989 at the square in Millersburg. According to the complaint, Mallett told police that Webster said, "It was supposed to be just a rape and done but then it turned out to be a lot more than that."Mallett said her conversation with Webster took place in 2016 after a police search of Webster's property on Middle Road in Halifax, the complaint alleged. Mallett told police Webster had been drinking during the conversation, but she found his statements to be truthful, according to the complaint.The complaint said Mallett indicated she was fearful of Webster.Webster wasn't able to post $500,000 bail and was taken to Dauphin County Prison.Kroh disappeared Aug. 5, 1989, when she was 17 years old. She was last seen at a trailer park near Halifax, where her sister lived. The Dauphin County district attorney said he considers it a homicide case, but Kroh's body hasn't been found.