Donna Cote, 18
1979 May 19 Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ.
Cause of death: manual strangulation
Forensic characteristics: abducted and killed near home - found face down in water in ditch - overalls pulled down to ankles - shirt pulled up - multiple scratch marks on breasts and legs - bruise behind left ear - water in lungs - Friday/Saturday night
At 1:30 a.m. the victim spoke on the telephone from her home at 647 Drake Ave in Middlesex and told her friend that she was going out for a walk. She was home alone at the time. She was found at 10 a.m. in a ditch by a heavily forested area off 98 Mountain Road across from McNeil Park (Irishtown Park today) about a half mile from her home.
1979 May 19 Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ.
Cause of death: manual strangulation
Forensic characteristics: abducted and killed near home - found face down in water in ditch - overalls pulled down to ankles - shirt pulled up - multiple scratch marks on breasts and legs - bruise behind left ear - water in lungs - Friday/Saturday night
At 1:30 a.m. the victim spoke on the telephone from her home at 647 Drake Ave in Middlesex and told her friend that she was going out for a walk. She was home alone at the time. She was found at 10 a.m. in a ditch by a heavily forested area off 98 Mountain Road across from McNeil Park (Irishtown Park today) about a half mile from her home.
