NY NY- Patricia Costello, 26, found nude, strangled with fabric that was then attached to a tree in Hecksher State Park. Poss staged suicide. 1986

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Clipping found in Daily News published in New York, New York on 6/13/1986. Patricia Costello

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A horseback rider discovered the body of Patricia Costello, 26, on May 30, 1986, near what was then the Timber Point Riding Academy in Heckscher State Park in East Islip. She had been strangled with a garment, with one end of it tied to a tree. Police said at the time that the scene appeared staged to look like a suicide. Costello worked as a topless dancer, according to news reports

Remains of more than 100 women found outdoors on Long Island since 1976, investigation finds

The Newsday investigation also found neither Nassau nor Suffolk county police departments staff cold-case units.

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A horseback rider discovered the body of Patricia Costello, 26, on May 30, 1986, near what was then the Timber Point Riding Academy in Heckscher State Park in East Islip. She had been strangled with a garment, with one end of it tied to a tree. Police said at the time that the scene appeared staged to look like a suicide. Costello worked as a topless dancer, according to news reports

Remains of more than 100 women found outdoors on Long Island since 1976, investigation finds

The Newsday investigation also found neither Nassau nor Suffolk county police departments staff cold-case units.

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