Found Deceased PA - Maria Quinones-Garcia, 56, Allentown, 17 May 2014

[Richrd]

Maria Quinones-Garcia - Female / 53 Years Old - 4' 11" - 115 Lbs.

The City of Allentown, Lehigh County, is in South-Eastern, PA.

Day 236

Tue., Jan. 6th, via Los2188: http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regio...-to-hope-missing-woman-will-be-found/30566776 :

Includes Photo

[ Awaiting: Eye Color - Hair Color - Distinguishing Characteristics ]

Allentown Police Department - (610) 437-7751

[ Awaiting Law Enforcement’s Inclusion with PA’s 253 at U.S. Dept. Of Justice
NamUs, National Missing & Unidentified Persons System:
https://www.findthemissing.org/en ]


A$ Alway$: PA Crime$topper$ -- 1-800-4PA-TIPS - https://www.crimewatchpa.com/crimestoppers/

 

[los2188]

 

[wendybtn]

No new media updates. I could not find her in NamUs.

 

[perfectingpink]

Waiting for MSM to show a picture to confirm if the Maria this man admitted to killing is the same Maria reported missing out of PA.

NY - Maria Quinones *Arrest*

 

[Al Ka]

Waiting for MSM to show a picture to confirm if the Maria this man admitted to killing is the same Maria reported missing out of PA.

NY - Maria Quinones *Arrest*

I was thinking the same thing as you. See my post in NY - NY - Brooklyn, Fem UP13810, 25-45, dismembered, in Calvert Vaux Park, Mar'15

 

[Al Ka]

Just to add, after a bit of further research it does not seem likely that NY Maria and PA Maria were the same person, despite the same name and similar age. NY Maria was in NY for few years and she has worked there for some time. No photos or other details are available anywhere yet of her.

 

[lindamichelle1]

www.namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP84698
Maria is still missing

 

[iulia]

Her partial remains were found in Pohatcong, New Jersey in May 2017 and were identified by Ramapo College IGG Center in March 2025.

Human Remains Found in New Jersey Identified with Assistance from New Jersey College Students

This is the first announced cold case identification between the New Jersey State Police and the Ramapo College of New Jersey Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center Mahwah, NJ– The identity of a woman has been confirmed after she went missing a decade ago, thanks in part to students in the...

www.ramapo.edu

 

[dotr]

Mar 25, 2025
The remains of a woman who disappeared more than 10 years ago have been identified, and as CBS News New York's Christine Sloan reports, students at a New Jersey college are being credited for helping police with this cold case.

 

[Pennysmom1]

March 25, 2025

NJ students help solve cold case of Allentown woman missing since 2014

Human remains found in New Jersey in 2017 have finally been identified as a Pennsylvania woman who went missing more than a decade ago.

www.fox29.com

Maria Quinones Garcia’s decade-old cold case solved with help of NJ college students

College students in New Jersey helped identify the remains of Maria Quinones Garcia, an Allentown woman missing since 2014, solving a cold case that had remained unsolved for years.

www.wfmz.com

 

[Aegon_the_Conqueror]

Just to add, after a bit of further research it does not seem likely that NY Maria and PA Maria were the same person, despite the same name and similar age. NY Maria was in NY for few years and she has worked there for some time. No photos or other details are available anywhere yet of her.

Probably highly unlikely, but not impossible. The WFMZ article posted above did say she had a history of wandering off from home for extended periods and reappearing in NYC shelters. But that would mean she lived in both Allentown and Brooklyn, yet stayed in homeless shelters anyway. Plus the article didn't mention the name "Garcia". Wonder what happened. This one doesn't seem solvable though, unless it was a homicide and someone confesses. Maybe a degree of mental illness involved? It's very strange that she had an actual home in Allentown, yet kept showing up in NY shelters (which are as awful as you could imagine).