Artistic renderings of the victim (clay renderings by the New York Academy of Art, with most recent at far left); original sketch; victim's jewelry and clothing tag.
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Artistic renderings of the victim (clay renderings by the New York Academy of Art, with most recent at far left); original sketch; victim's jewelry and clothing tag.
Date of Discovery: February 10, 2003
Location of Discovery: Manhattan, New York County, New York
Estimated Date of Death: 1969 to 1995; most likely between the late 1980s and early 1990s.
State of Remains: Skeletal
Cause of Death: Homicide by strangulation
Estimated Age: 16-21 years old. Several teeth and bones had not reached full maturity, suggesting an age range between 17 and 19.
Race: White
Sex: Female
Height: 4'11" to 5'4"
Weight: Unknown, but of petite build.
Hair: Light-colored, possibly reddish-brown/auburn.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Dentals: Available. She had expensive and extensive dental work (fillings, crowns, and root canals) at one point in her life, but her teeth also had severe decay, suggesting an origination from a family with the means to afford the treatment, yet the victim may have later sufferred financial hardship.
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available.
Clothing: Bra (size 32A) and pantyhose. Additional fragments of glittery clothing.
Jewelry: Yellow-metal ring with the initials "P Mc. G" or "P G Mc." and a 1966 Bulova watch.
Additional Personal Items: A 1969 (some sources state 1968) dime found with the remains. Clothing labels(s) from the Lady Garment Workers Union (or International Ladies Garment Workers) that appeared to be sewn into clothing in 1988, and a plastic toy soldier (no manufacturing date could be estimated).
The victim's skeletal remains had been wrapped in a rust-colored carpet/rug and concealed under a layer of relatively fresh concrete, which itself was hidden behind an old coal-burning furnace in the basement of a rundown, mostly abandoned apartment building on West 46th Street in Hell's Kitchen on Manhattan's West Side.
Police say the building was used by prostitutes and that the basement could be reached from several points inside, as well as through a steel trap door in an adjacent parking lot.
The killer had bound her hands and feet with an extension cord and circled it around her neck, prior to being wrapped in the carpet.
Possibly of Irish descent. The victim may have a history of using drugs recreationally, and she may have been a sex worker, as scraps of glittery clothing were recovered at the scene.
Agency Name: Office of Chief Medical Examiner - New York City
Agency Contact Person: Angela Soler
Agency Phone Number: 212-447-2030 or 1-212-447-2770
Agency E-Mail: asoler(at)ocme.nyc.gov
Agency Case Number: M03-00825
NCIC Case Number: U900004399
NCMEC Case Number: 1107110
NamUs Case Number: 5703
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