Tierney announced that the District Attorney’s Cold Case Task Force continues to actively pursue answers for victims whose identities remain unknown, urging community members to review new information and updated forensic renderings in two longstanding cases: Medford Jane Doe and Bellport Jane Doe.
“We are asking the public to take a moment to read the information available and to look at these new renderings of the victims,” Tierney said.
“We believe someone must know something. No tip is too small.
”Medford Jane Doe was discovered dismembered on Dec. 7, 1994, inside a blue Rubbermaid garbage can along a roadside in Medford.
Investigators determined she was murdered by serial killer Robert Shulman. The victim was a white woman believed to be between 20 and 30 years old, approximately 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighing around 135 pounds. She had a tattoo on her upper left shoulder featuring the name “Adrian.”
Recent genetic genealogy work revealed she had Western European ancestry, primarily from England, Scotland and Wales.
The task force has released a clay facial reconstruction, an updated composite sketch and a revised tattoo depiction.Bellport Jane Doe was murdered in 1983 by her landlord, Arthur Kinlaw, while living on Michigan Avenue in Bellport.
She was known as Marie or Maria and described as a Black or Hispanic woman weighing approximately 300 pounds. She walked with a walker after suffering a shattered femur. An updated composite sketch has also been released.
The public is encouraged to visit SuffolkCountyDA.org/cold-cases to review case details and images. Tips remain confidential.