Three Rivers, Two Mysteries

Friends and family of murdered Blairsville dentist John Yelenic were frustrated. A year had elapsed and still there was no arrest in the brutal slaying. It seemed to them the logical suspect was right under the nose of Blairsville police and, later, state police investigators who took over the probe. State Trooper Kevin Foley had motive, means and opportunity to kill John in his home on April 13, 2006. Kevin lived with John's estranged wife, Michele, and he told anyone who listen that he wished John would die. John's cousin Mary Ann Clark approached then-Attorney General Tom Corbett and asked him to take over the probe. Corbett, who knew Clark through politics, agreed. Six months later, Foley was arrested in the homicide.