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Police Solve Murder Mystery In Westchester, Leading To Arrests Of Man, Woman Police Solve Murder Mystery In Westchester, Leading To Arrests Of Man, Woman
Police Solve Murder Mystery In Westchester, Leading To Arrests Of Man, Woman Police investigators in Westchester solved a nine-year murder mystery that led to the arrest of two suspects, authorities announced. Shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to a wooded area between Rossmore Avenue and Midland Avenue next to the Sprain Brook Parkway, where there was a report of a suspicious package. Upon arrival, responding officers found a decomposing human body wrapped in a garbage bag. Original story - Yonkers Body Identified As Missing NYC Woman The initial investigation determined that the woman, later iden…

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by Zak Failla
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Bones In Bag Left At State Line Lookout On Palisades Confirmed As Human, More Found Bones In Bag Left At State Line Lookout On Palisades Confirmed As Human, More Found
Bones In Bag Left At State Line Lookout On Palisades Confirmed As Human, More Found UPDATE: Bones found in a bag at the State Line Lookout atop the Palisades in Alpine were identified as human remains -- as well as those found along with some personal items nearby, authorities said Wednesday. "The remains will be submitted to a lab for identification and will be compared to missing persons records," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Employees arriving for work at a lookout snack stand on Monday found the bones in a bag tied to the door, the prosecutor previously said. "The individual who left the bag of remains on the snack stand door was located and directed la…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ex-Westchester Resident Sentenced For 2008 Cold Case Murder Ex-Westchester Resident Sentenced For 2008 Cold Case Murder
Ex-Westchester Resident Sentenced For 2008 Cold Case Murder A former Westchester resident may spend the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty of fatally shooting a man in a taxicab more than a decade ago and attempting to flee the state to avoid arrest. Damon Scott has been sentenced to a term of 20 years to life in prison after he was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a Yonkers man in 2008 following a cold case investigation.  Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., announced that a jury returned the guilty verdict shortly after noon on Wednesday, Oct. 10. A Lincoln Town Car taxi pulle…

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by Zak Failla
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Seen Her? Police Issue New Alert For Missing Clarkstown Woman Seen Her? Police Issue New Alert For Missing Clarkstown Woman
Seen Her? Police Issue New Alert For Missing Clarkstown Woman Have you seen her? Police in Clarkstown are asking for the public’s assistance as they continue their attempts to track down a bipolar woman who has been missing for nearly a decade after she sought to locate her twin sister. The Clarkstown Detective Bureau’s Cold Case Unit issued an alert on Thursday regarding Sandy Nurse, whose family reported her missing from Central Nyack eight years ago at Police Headquarters. Her last contact with the family was that she was getting on a bus to New York City to locate her twin sister, Candy. Sandy Nurse would now be 38 years old. At the time of her d…

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by Zak Failla