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WILKES-BARRE — A county judge Tuesday granted access to cell phone records in the case of a 15-year-old accused of killing a father and wounding his wife and daughter during a triple-stabbing earlier this year in Kingston Township.
Luzerne County Judge Lesa S. Gelb signed an order instructing AT&T to disclose call and message records, Internet history, GPS data, and other information related to a local cell phone number. District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis Tuesday confirmed the number belongs to suspect Zachary Hockenberry.
The teen is charged with stabbing David Sinoracki, 45, Bobbi Jo Sinoracki, 36, and the couple’s 17-year-old daughter at their Orchard Street home in September. David Sinoracki died of a single stab wound to the chest, while his wife and daughter suffered non-life threatening injuries. Investigators have not disclosed a motive.
Hockenberry, who lived adjacent to the Sinoracki home, entered the residence in broad daylight and sunk a knife into Bobbi Jo Sinoracki’s back five times as she was vacuuming before he set his sights on David Sinoracki, who suffered the fatal wound as he came to his wife’s defense, according to police.
Their daughter, who was not identified, was stabbed in the chest but was treated and released from the hospital the same day, police said. The investigation remains ongoing.
Hockenberry, meanwhile, remains jailed without bail at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for February.