Manhattan, New York County, New York
Unidentified white Female
NamUs #UP5703
Date of Discovery: February 10, 2003
Location of Discovery: Manhattan, New York County, New York
Estimated Date of Death: 1970 to 2003
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Cause of Death: Homicide by strangulation
Physical Description
Estimated Age: 15-21 years old. Several of her teeth and bones had not reached full maturity, suggesting she was between 17 and 19 years old.
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'1", Estimated
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Light-colored, possible red.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Petite build.
Dental- She had expensive dental work at one point in her life, but her teeth also had severe decay, suggesting she may have been from a family of means but may have fallen on hard times.
Clothing: Bra (size 32A) and pantyhose.
Jewelry: Yellow metal ring with the initials "P Mc. G" May be read as P G Mc. A 1966 Bulova watch.
Additional Personal Items: 1969 (some sources state 1968) dime found with the remains. An International Ladies Garment Workers tag of a type sewn into clothing in 1988 was recovered with the victim, as well as a plastic toy soldier that could not be exactly dated.
Circumstances of Discovery
The victim's skeletal remains had been wrapped in a rug and concealed under a layer of relatively fresh concrete, which itself was hidden behind an old coal-burning furnace in the basement of a rundown, mostly abandoned apartment building on West 46th Street in Hell's Kitchen on Manhattan's West Side.
Police say the building was used by prostitutes and that the basement could be reached from several points inside, as well as through a steel trap door in an adjacent parking lot.
The killer had bound her hands and feet with an extension cord and circled it around her neck, then wrapped her body in a patch of rust-colored carpet.
Possibly of Irish descent. The victim may have abused drugs, and possibly worked as a prostitute, as scraps of glittery clothing were recovered at the scene.
Status: Fingerprint information is currently not available
Status: Dental information / charting is available and entered
DNA Status: Sample submitted - Tests complete
Investigating Agencies
Case Contributors
Angela Soler, Forensic Anthropologist
Office of Chief Medical Examiner New York City
(212) 447-2030
NamUs Contact
The Regional Program Specialist contact for this case is Lori Bruski
(817) 718-7904
Lori.Bruski@unthsc.edu
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Information Source(s)
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What about this doe, struck by the plastic soldier found at the scene, early precursor to dolls?