FL FL - Tina Janose, 13, sexually assaulted, strangled, & thrown off overpass, Wahneta/Polk City, 31 Oct 1981

[BrownBear]

VICTIM DETAILS
Name: Tina Janose
Age: 13
Gender: Female

SUSPECT DETAILS
Name: Unknown
Offense: Murder
Cause: Ligature/Strangulation
Location: Unknown

CASE DETAILS
Status: Unsolved
Incident Location: 1-4/Mt. Olive Road, Polk City, Polk County, Florida, 33868
L.E.A: Polk County Sheriff's Office, Winter Haven, Florida

On October 31, 1981, at approximately 5:45 a.m., 13-year-old Tina Marie Janose was found underneath the I-4 overpass at Mt. Olive Road in Polk City. She was abducted during the night from her residence in the Wahneta area of Winter Haven. She had been sexually battered, strangled, and thrown off the overpass. Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit at (863) 298-6379, or send an email to [email protected].

Project Cold Case Database

 

[tilomagnet]

never heard of this case. info is awfully sparse...were there any witnesses to the abduction? alone at home? etc

 

[Ghostwheel]

From 2002 (Was not paywalled for me, just go past the pop up or copy the link and paste it in your browser)

Killing Haunts Mother​

Brutal Slaying of Tina Marie Janose in 1981 Has Not Been Solved​

https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2002/10/31/killing-haunts-mother/26026290007/

 

[Ghostwheel]

Was not paywalled for me, just go past the pop up or copy the link and paste it in your browser.

Detective believes dead inmate was girl's killer in '81​

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2003/11/03/detective-believes-dead-inmate-was-girls-killer-in-81/28773081007/

 

[Sleuthster]

I found where someone posted alot of info from newspapers on reddit but we can't link them and I guess Im going to gave to get a temp account for newspapers. Its just plain sad that Tina's murder has gone solved for this long.