NY NY- Niagara Falls, WhtFem, 20s-40s, up142869, skeletal remains recovered wrapped in plastic & tarp inside walled in space in basement. March '25

[DS2021]

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NamUs Number: UP142869
Sex: Female
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Possible First Name: --
Possible Middle Name: --
Possible Last Name: --
Nickname/Alias: --
Estimated Age: Range24-44 Years
Estimated Age Range: 24-44 Years
Estimated Year of Death: --
Estimated PMI: --
Height: 4' 11"-5' 3"(59-63 inches) , Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate

Timeline
Date Body Found: March 28, 2025
NamUs Case Created: April 29, 2025

Location & Recovery
Location Found: Niagara Falls, New York
County: Niagara County
Circumstances of Recovery: Nearly complete skeletonized remains were recovered wrapped in plastic and a tarp inside a walled in space underneath the staircase in the basement of a house.
Inventory of Remains: --
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton

Physical Characteristics
Hair Color: Brown
Head Hair Description: --
Body Hair Description: --
Facial Hair Description: --
Eye Color: Unknown

Distinctive Features & Clothing
Distinctive Physical Features:
Clothing and Accessories:

 

[Jaden Alorr]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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NamUs Number: UP142869
Sex: Female
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Possible First Name: --
Possible Middle Name: --
Possible Last Name: --
Nickname/Alias: --
Estimated Age: Range24-44 Years
Estimated Age Range: 24-44 Years
Estimated Year of Death: --
Estimated PMI: --
Height: 4' 11"-5' 3"(59-63 inches) , Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate

Timeline
Date Body Found: March 28, 2025
NamUs Case Created: April 29, 2025

Location & Recovery
Location Found: Niagara Falls, New York
County: Niagara County
Circumstances of Recovery: Nearly complete skeletonized remains were recovered wrapped in plastic and a tarp inside a walled in space underneath the staircase in the basement of a house.
Inventory of Remains: --
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton

Physical Characteristics
Hair Color: Brown
Head Hair Description: --
Body Hair Description: --
Facial Hair Description: --
Eye Color: Unknown

Distinctive Features & Clothing
Distinctive Physical Features:
Clothing and Accesso

I wonder who owned the house- and how the body could have been placed there? Could they have been placed there when the house was built or was the house unoccupied for a long while? Too bad there isn't an estimated year of the death.

 

[lordpleasesaveme]

I wonder who owned the house- and how the body could have been placed there? Could they have been placed there when the house was built or was the house unoccupied for a long while? Too bad there isn't an estimated year of the death.

i think I found something,

“Investigators say the primary suspect in the case is 61-year old Richard J. Fox II. Fox has two previous convictions for violent sex offenses and was required to register as a sex offender. He has also been charged with two homicides and investigators believe there could be more cases.”

And also, according to listings of the house the house was built in 1935, so there could be foul play possibly if the accused knows anything about the decedent.

 

[DS2021]

i think I found something,

“Investigators say the primary suspect in the case is 61-year old Richard J. Fox II. Fox has two previous convictions for violent sex offenses and was required to register as a sex offender. He has also been charged with two homicides and investigators believe there could be more cases.”

And also, according to listings of the house the house was built in 1935, so there could be foul play possibly if the accused knows anything about the decedent.

Tysm!

Human remains found in Niagara Falls home, police link discovery to accused murderer

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Niagara Falls neighborhood is shaken after police uncovered human remains inside a basement in a home on Orleans Avenue. “Just hearing about it would&#821…

www.wivb.com

A msm source

 

[Jaden Alorr]

i think I found something,

“Investigators say the primary suspect in the case is 61-year old Richard J. Fox II. Fox has two previous convictions for violent sex offenses and was required to register as a sex offender. He has also been charged with two homicides and investigators believe there could be more cases.”

And also, according to listings of the house the house was built in 1935, so there could be foul play possibly if the accused knows anything about the decedent.

Fox ll does appear a likely candidate- obviously a body in a house differs from where he had left the two other bodies, but two bodies is not much of a pattern (victims were years apart, if it was him, who knows how long she could have been there, and she may have been SAed too). The comments on the Facebook post are an interesting read, but most are simply either condolonces, people talking about getting properties owned by him searched, or speculation with no source of information listed. I guess we'll have to wait for him to be questioned, and we're still waiting on the autopsy report, right? I wonder if there have been any other cases of bodies being found in walls in the Niagara Falls area, on either side of the border.

 

[wlhnsc]

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[John/Jane Doe]

Heather Coburn?

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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[Jaden Alorr]

Heather Coburn?

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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She does appear to be a fairly close match to their estimates, wlhnsc's is also a viable option, as both would fit Fox's mmo, if he was in fact the killer.
'Like living next to ghosts': Niagara Falls CSU team digging through backyard of double murder suspect's house Here's the most recent article I could find on this case. Police were excavating the backyard it looks like. Everything else on the case is older by about two weeks but I haven't looked at them at all.