Clarion University Student Found Dead Shortly After Discovery Of Fatal Crash

By: KDKA-TV News Staff

CLARION, Pa. (KDKA) - State troopers are continuing to investigate three deaths in Clarion County.

Troopers were called there to look for James Whitman, a Clarion University student who had disappeared.

While looking for him in the woods towards Toby Creek, crews found a car over a hillside.

Inside, investigators found the bodies of 78-year-old Samuel and 80-year-old Lucielle Paine. The searchers also found Whitman's body about 100 feet above the Toby Creek Bridge on Bigley Road.

Troopers say it doesn't appear the cases are connected.