thanks to my cousin for somehow knowing that he had this old article in a photo album in his house (the other side of the newspaper clipping was about the casino cafe falling into the ocean, my family is very involved in davis park) Anyway, here is the original Long Island Advance article about the discovery of the legs near davis park, fire island. wow, good sleuthing peter
Great find!
It looks like the legs were in a black garbage bag. Which makes sense, since the were able to tie this find to Skull (Jane Doe #9) found in April. So, the SK disarticulates his victim, puts her remains in a bag, and dumps them on the parkway. Then, the blizzard of 1996 ( [ame=http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7398916#post7398916]link[/ame] ) dislodges the bag with the legs, and they end up washing up on fire island.
So, with all that in mind, I'm guessing Jane "
fasciotomy" Doe was murdered in late 1995. Since the storm occurred in January 1996. Also, since her legs were preserved enough for identifying marks, such as the scars, painted toenails, etc. Winter would have had to have already set in, thereby deterring decomp.
Okay, so we have two more victims (
Manorville) found in 2000 & 2003, respectively, whose partial remains also show up at GB. Both victims had been disarticulated.
There were also two male bodies found those same years, within a month and very close to the female victims. I hope LE is at least ruling their deaths in/out of this current case.
Regardless, five years is a fairly long stretch between Jane "
fasciotomy" Doe & the Mannorville victims.
However, there is "
Peaches" whose remains were found in a rubbermaid container at the edge of Hempstead Lake in 1997. Autopsy indicates she had given birth sometime prior to her murder. (
link ) That I'm aware, she has yet to be ID'd.
Fast forward to 2007. Body parts of a disarticulated female are found in Mamaroneck & Cold Spring Harbor in March (
link ). And Maureen Brainard-Barnes goes missing in July.
Two more sets of remains are found in North Merrick in June and July of 2008. One victim, Tanya Rush, is ID'd. , LE claims these two murders are unrelated. (
link )
Melissa Barthelemy goes missing in July of 2009. And, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello go missing in June & September of 2010, respectively.
In some ways, it seems like a reach to include Peaches, Cherries, & the two North Merrick victims. Then again, I didn't think all of the GB victims were tied to the same killer.
Btw, and aside, I admittedly wonder if Peaches and her child are Jane Doe #10 & baby doe.
Anyway, just some jumbled thoughts that I figured I'd throw out. Nothing concrete at this point.
