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Dismembered Body Found In Suitcase By California Fisherman In 1973 ID'd As NJ Mother Dismembered Body Found In Suitcase By California Fisherman In 1973 ID'd As NJ Mother
Dismembered Body Found In Suitcase By California Fisherman In 1973 ID'd As NJ Mother A break in a California cold case has prompted a search for the New Jersey victim's killer, 50 years later. Arminda Grangela Rodrigues da Silva Ribeiro, a Newark mother, has been identified as the victim of a 1973 San Diego killing, according to the SD Crime Stoppers. Her body was found June 13 of that year by a fisherman, in the San Diego Bay between Laurel Street and the US Coast Guard Station. Arminda's body had been dismembered and placed into an orange suitcase and several plastic bags.  In 2020, Arminda's remains were exhumed by the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s …

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by Cecilia Levine