Tracey Ann Patient loved going to the beach, staying with her friends and riding horses. She was 13. Photo / Supplied
Jared Savage,29 Jan 2025
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''Today marks the 49th anniversary since she was last seen alive in West Auckland. Tracey’s body was found the next day in the Waitakere Ranges, strangled with pantyhose. Her killer has never been found.''
Then nearly two years after Tracey was killed, there was an incredible update. The police received an anonymous phone call in November 1977 that tipped them off about a signet ring in a rubbish bin in the Avondale shopping mall.''
The section of Scenic Drive in the Waitākere Ranges where Tracey Ann Patient's body was discovered. Her killer has never been found.
''The anonymous tipster also quoted the number 126040. Police found the ring, which Tracey was believed to be wearing at the time of her murder. But police were unable to trace the call, or decipher the code.''
Oct 4, 2017
13-year-old Tracey Ann Patient was found strangled by pantyhose in the bush of the Waitakere Ranges on January 30, 1976. Her murder remains unsolved.
Jared Savage,29 Jan 2025
What happened to Tracey Ann Patient in cold case murder 49 years ago?
Today marks the 49th anniversary since Tracey Ann Patient was seen alive, her body found strangled in the Waitakere Ranges, her killer never found.
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Then nearly two years after Tracey was killed, there was an incredible update. The police received an anonymous phone call in November 1977 that tipped them off about a signet ring in a rubbish bin in the Avondale shopping mall.''
''The anonymous tipster also quoted the number 126040. Police found the ring, which Tracey was believed to be wearing at the time of her murder. But police were unable to trace the call, or decipher the code.''
13-year-old Tracey Ann Patient was found strangled by pantyhose in the bush of the Waitakere Ranges on January 30, 1976. Her murder remains unsolved.
