NY NY - Valarie Lorraine Cuccia, 20, Brooklyn, 7 May 1974

[Aurora90]

@Aurora90 there is an agency email nysvicap@troopers.ny.gov in V's DoeNetwork file 138DFNY - Valarie Lorraine Cuccia maybe they can offer insight?

I have also called the Burlington ME's Office. The investigator there asked me to email the details to him and that he would look into it.

Hopefully we can get an update either way sometime soon.

 

[MadMcGoo]

From Courier Post 5/22/1974

Courier-Post 22 May 1974, page Page 37 - Newspapers.com

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According to this article the shoes were “a brown leather loafer with a small double buckle”. I think that might be what we’re seeing in the NamUs photo.

 

[CCJD]

Double monk strap shoes? IF that's what she was wearing, they're still available today.

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[Aurora90]

Double monk strap shoes? IF that's what she was wearing, they're still available today.

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Yes but I still see some sort of spiky studs on the side, am I imaging things? The submission has been sent it. I hope her brother gets closure soon.

 

[Aurora90]

 

[Sweetluv]

The side by side shoe comparison to me is off. The deceased shoe pic looks more like a long spiky metal type spur of some sort rather than buckles (?)

 

[Sweetluv]

Aurora90...glad you reached out to LE. Even if it's not Valarie, it still brings a little attention to this cold case and gets a pair of fresh eyes on it.
I am curious though what the metal looking "object " is on the shoe.

 

[Sweetluv]

Aurora90..have you heard anything back from LE?

 

[Aurora90]

Aurora90..have you heard anything back from LE?

No, but I emailed asking for a possible update.

 

[Aurora90]

On May 4, 1974 Valarie Lorraine Cuccia (NamUs #MP8048) was last seen. According to Valarie's namus profile, she was last seen wearing black boots with studs on sides.

Less than 2 weeks later Burlington Jane Doe (NamUs #UP1597) was found in Jersey. This unidentified female appears to be wearing some sort of shoe with studs or spikes on the sides.




I have sent an email to DoeNetwork and NamUs.

Would be nice to get confirmation either way....

 

[Sweetluv]

I read that the unidentified female had a partial dental plate. Do we know if Valarie wore one? I cannot find anything stating that she did.
The metal object on the side of the heeled shoe or boot is interesting, hard to make out though.

 

[Diane Redfern]

What UID have been ruled out?
I wonder if Valarie may be her: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Sweetluv]

Checking in

 

[Aurora90]

Checking in

I've emailed twice for an update and no response...

 

[Aurora90]

Checking in

Hello *****,


Thank you for the crime tip. There have been hundreds of people that have been ruled out over the last 5 decades. I’m unsure if this person has but we will look into the similarities.

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This was the reply I finally got today from NY VICAP. Thankfully it's being looked into.

 

[Sweetluv]

Thank you for sharing!!

 

[Aurora90]

Thank you for sharing!!

I'm just glad it's bring looked into!

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Valarie’s birthday.

 

[Aurora90]

I hope this is the last year her family is left wondering where she is..

 

[Aurora90]

From Courier Post 5/22/1974

Courier-Post 22 May 1974, page Page 37 - Newspapers.com

View the digital scanned newspaper from Courier-Post dated 22 May 1974, page Page 37.

www.newspapers.com

I just realized, she was last seen on May 7th, Jane Doe was found on May 17th. And according to this news article, the body is believed to have been in the water for 10 days.....

That plus the shoes, makes this case interesting.

I wonder if body decomp in the water for 10 days changes the height and/or weight...