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Detectives Say They've Solved Case Of 20-Year-Old Bay Shore Woman Killed Decades Ago Detectives Say They've Solved Case Of 20-Year-Old Bay Shore Woman Killed Decades Ago
Detectives Say They've Solved Case Of 20-Year-Old Bay Shore Woman Killed Decades Ago Police announced they have solved a decades-old murder mystery on Long Island using innovative DNA technology. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney and Suffolk County Commissioner Rodney K. Harrison announced on Wednesday, March 30, the solving of the murder of 20-year-old Eve Wilkowitz, whose body was found 42 years ago in Bay Shore this month. “We tackled this case as soon as I got into office and figured out a way to legally expedite the exhumation of Ms. Wilkowitz’s suspected killer in order to truly confirm what investigators knew all along,” said Tierney…

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by Kathy Reakes
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ID Revealed, Photo Released Of 24-Year-Old Gilgo Beach Victim ID Revealed, Photo Released Of 24-Year-Old Gilgo Beach Victim
ID Revealed, Photo Released Of 24-Year-Old Gilgo Beach Victim The identification of “Manorville Jane Doe,” also referred to as “Jane Doe #6,” has been announced by authorities. Her body was found along with 10 other sets of remains in Gilgo Beach on Long Island. The Suffolk County Police Department, together with the FBI, made the announcement on Thursday, May 28 after utilizing genetic genealogy to determine the ID. Valerie Mack, who also used the name Melissa Taylor, went missing in 2000 at the age of 24.  She was working as an escort in Philadelphia at the time of her disappearance and family members last saw her in the spring or summer of 2…

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by Joe Lombardi