Solved cold cases in Delaware
1 documented case.
Peter DiSabatino
On the night of Monday, November 12, 2012, Peter DiSabatino, a 20-year-old University of Delaware sophomore, was shot outside his apartment at the Studio Green complex on Thorn Lane in Newark, Delaware. He died shortly after he was taken to the hospital. New Castle County police described two suspects in hooded sweatshirts and said the shooting did not appear random, but no one was arrested. In 2017 the department's cold case squad put his family on camera in a video series asking the public for help. In 2024 cold case detectives re-examined the evidence, re-interviewed witnesses and identified Alando Dale, then 33, as the suspect. A grand jury indicted him on January 16, 2024, and the U.S. Marshals Task Force and county police arrested him on January 29. Prosecutors said the shooting followed a marijuana sale in which DiSabatino was paid $800 in counterfeit bills. Dale pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in September 2024 and on February 20, 2025 was sentenced to 30 years in prison, suspended after 20 years, followed by probation.