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Forensic pollen analysis of the items found with the body indicated she had spent time in a populous area, such as Boston, Massachusetts, or New York, New York. [10] [18] These results were aided by the detection of cedar and hemlock pollen, which possibly originated from a site such as the New York Botanical Garden or Harvard University. [8] [13]
Warren Leslie Forrest (born June 29, 1949) is an American convicted double murderer and suspected serial killer. Sentenced to two life terms for the murders of a young woman, Krysta Blake and teenage girl Martha Morrison in Clark County, Washington , in 1974, he is considered the prime suspect in at least five similar murders and disappearances ...
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On July 26, 1974, the decomposing body of a woman was found by a 12-year-old girl in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The woman, who is believed to have died from a blow to the head, was missing both hands, a forearm, and several teeth. The body was exhumed in 1980, 2000, and 2013 in unsuccessful efforts to identify the woman.
Jane Toppan was born Honora Kelley on March 31, 1854, in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Irish immigrants. [2] Her mother, Bridget Kelley, died of tuberculosis when she was very young. [ 3 ] Her father, Peter Kelley, was well known as an eccentric and abusive alcoholic , [ 4 ] nicknamed by those who knew him "Kelley the Crack" (as in ...
May – Three teachers and a plumber were injured by a gas explosion at Saint Michael's Roman Catholic Church parish school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [4]October – In Boston, Massachusetts, five women narrowly escaped being burned alive after a leaking gas meter exploded in the basement of their three-story tenement, starting a fire that ascended through the stairwells and drove them out ...
On October 12, 1974, human remains of two women were found in Dole Valley near Vancouver, Washington. [2] One was immediately identified as Carol Platt Valenzuela, but the other individual was unable to be identified at the time. [2] [3] In 2015, the remains were identified by means of DNA profiling as those of Morrison. [4]
In the summer of 2000, 16-year-old Molly Anne Bish (born August 2, 1983) began working as a lifeguard at Comins Pond in Warren, Massachusetts. [4] On June 26, the day before her disappearance, her mother, Magi, saw a mustached man in a white car parked in the lot of the beach where Bish's lifeguard post was located. [5]