Periwinkl3
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Was DNA ever collected from that hairbrush?
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Trans men are more apt to be murdered themselves than to murder women, I'd say.
But this caught my eye from the 2014 Newsday article NYPD chief: 1974 killing can still be solved:
"NYPD Det. Jim Osorio of Ronkonkoma said John Bowne High alumni who attended the school from 1970 to 1975 are of particular interest to police because Zaret's murder was a topic of discussion at a 2000 reunion. Some former classmates even pointed fingers at a possible suspect, police said."
Someone at that 2000 reunion must have related that very interesting chatter re a possible suspect to NYPD. Maybe I'm wrong, but a 2000 reunion would not have been LZ's, since she graduated in 1974. The large-scale versions of these events tend to be held at five-year intervals. unless John Bowne HS has yearly reunions--some schools do have yearly informal get-togethers. So I wonder what year's graduates were holding that get-together. Were they finger-pointing about someone from their year? Twenty years later the killer could still be alive. A class that had a 2000 reunion would have one this year, too, barring COVID-19 complications.
If the reunions are held by each graduating class, it would be 1970 (a guy 4 yrs older).
I'm also considering the killer to be a male, based on the info from the article linked above, where the victim was also anally penetrated with a comb, by a male rapist. My first thought was someone who had been sexually abused when younger or who had already spent time in jail or prison. A trans person is more likely to be a victim of crime instead of an attacker, but its always possible. Seems very unusual, though for a trans male to attack and rape a hetero female. Only time I've seen that is in fiction, right?
The crime scenes for the attacks on both women are very close together
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Reports say Leslie was attacked after stopping by the local bar to see if her boyfriend was there. Wonder if he was also at the bar and saw her outside.
She agreed and he directed her to Cunningham Park in Fresh Meadows. She was beginning to realize that the pot was just a ruse to get her to a dark and secluded spot when he knocked her down and pounced. He tore off her clothes and attempted to rape her, but was unable to achieve an erection.
At that moment, he suddenly turned her over face down. He grabbed her comb and inserted it into her rectum.
The suspect was fully aroused when he then rolled her over again. He proceeded to rape her while throttling her with both hands. She almost certainly would have been murdered, Valencia figures, had she not managed to knee him and break free. She escaped and reported the attack and went to a hospital, which confirmed there had been a rape.