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In the autumn of 1996, a 37-year-old mental health counselor named Michael Jose Malinoski sought a few days of solitude in the vast wilderness of Pennsylvania. On Thursday, October 24, 1996, after attending a psychology seminar in Chester County, he drove approximately 200 miles north to the scenic Pine Creek Gorge, an area often called the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania. He checked into the Pine Tree Lodge in Gaines for a planned two-night stay, a place he had visited before. That evening, he spo ...Read More
Last Seen: Oct 24, 1996

Victim Details

Jan 28, 2026

Jan 28, 2026

Michael

Jose Malinoski

37

37

5'9 inches

140 lbs

White

Male

Oct 24, 1996

Gaines

Pennsylvania

Gaines

Pennsylvania State Police

570-662-2151

No

06/23/2026