Edward Frank Rebilas: Murder

Edward Frank Rebilas was born 23 Oct 1927 in Pittsburgh, PA, to Joseph John Rebilas (1896-1966) & Roslina "Rose" Nikoden (1896-1958).

The Pittsburgh Press

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Thursday, September 25, 1952

He married Nancy Evelyn Hyatt 30 Aug 1950, She was born 21 Jul 1932 in Morgantown, WV to John Tipton Hyatt (1898-1979) & Gertrude Evelyn Furman (1900-1993).

She disappeared 3 oct 1951, I found these newspaper articles.

https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-nancy-hyatt/135950965/

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Fri, Oct 12, 1951 · Page 33

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Thu, Oct 11, 1951 · Page 1

The Punxsutawney Spirit

Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

Fri, Oct 12, 1951 · Page 12

The Kansas City Times

Kansas City, Missouri

Fri, Sep 26, 1952 · Page 22

https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-edward-rebilas/135891965/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-edward-rebilas/135891882/

Taped confession

https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-edward-rebilas/135891819/

Edward said he strangled Nancy with a clothesline and stuck a tea towel down her throat and buried her body in a field, where later a farmer would see a red toenail sticking out of the ground and would call the police.

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-enid-daily-eagle-nancy-hyatt/135951256/

Nancy's mom was beside herself during the trial, as Edward had told her Nancy left him and he had spent an entire day at her house while they were calling friends and family looking for her. It didn't help that two other people were missing during the same time, and were all put together in the newspapers.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Fri, Oct 12, 1951 · Page 33

Edward went to prison and received a 6-12 year sentence he was paroled after only serving 6 years and then in 1960 he was arrested again for aggravated assault, here's a newspaper article.