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SUGARLOAF TWP. — State police said Wednesday that the 2018 case of a missing man is now a homicide investigation.

State police along with the FBI Evidence Response Team served a search warrant Wednesday morning at the home of William Morse, 60, who was reported missing in June 2018.

Authorities have concentrated their search at a barn outside the residence at 170 Hollow Road.

State police in a news release said they developed information the last several days to serve a search warrant at Morse’s residence and other areas in southern Luzerne County involving multiple investigative teams.

At a news conference later Wednesday afternoon, state police said it was now a homicide case.

Morse was last seen at his home on June 11, 2018, and was reported missing nine days later.

Sugarloaf Township police investigated Morse as a missing persons case. State police took over the investigation in October 2018.

Earlier this week, state police said pictures of Morse have been used on a dating website by a profile name “stubby.” The known profile of “stubby” was active from May 2019 through August 2019.

State police said a woman from the Hazleton area contacted them who had contact with “stubby” and recognized the pictures as being Morse.

Investigators say Morse was estranged from his wife and son at the time he went missing.

William Morse, 60, was last seen in June 2018 at his Sugarloaf Township home. State police said Wednesday that the case is now considered a homicide.
https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_Bill-Morse-photo-2.jpg.optimal.jpgWilliam Morse, 60, was last seen in June 2018 at his Sugarloaf Township home. State police said Wednesday that the case is now considered a homicide.

By Ed Lewis

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