“Each cold case represents a person who matters deeply to someone,” District Attorney Ray Tierney said when announcing Suffolk County’s latest slate of cold cases his office vows to solve.
“Adding their cases to our website not only honors the victims’ memory, but also provides new pathways for the public to contribute meaningfully to long-standing investigations."
Tierney’s Cold Case Task Force officially released previously undisclosed details about the aforementioned cases on Monday, September 15th.
In working with Suffolk County Police Department sketch artist Danielle Gruttadaurio and with the National Center for Missing Exploited Children, authentic renderings were drawn up to best encapsulate what the three victims looked like around the time they were slain.
“Montauk Mary” was found shot to death on March 22nd, 1978. In her 60s, Mary’s remains were found in East Overlook Park.
The bloodied and handcuffed remains of “Melville John Doe”—an unidentified Hispanic male—were found on Chateau Drive in Melville on August 8th, 1990. He too had been shot, several times.
Lastly, “Brentwood John Doe’s” skeletal remains were found near the Brentwood Freshman Center Elementary School. He was either White and/or Hispanic, and between 15 and 17 years of age at the time of his death, the cause of which was undetermined.
Up to a $2,000 award is being offered to anyone with pertinent information pertaining to the identification of any of the victims. For more details, visit www.suffolkcountyda.org/cold-cases/.