MICHAEL RUIZ: Cold case DNA unmasks 'Montauk Mary' as cops probe link to Jersey Shore 'Thrill Killer'
They said she may have been a victim of Richard Biegenwald, also known as the Jersey Shore "Thrill Killer." Biegenwald died in prison in 2008, serving life sentences for killing six people between 1958 and 1982, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said Thursday.
Key points
- QUIET SERIAL KILLERS MAY HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT AS DNA UNMASKS DEAD 1970S PENNSYLVANIA STRANGLER, EXPERT SAYS "The district attorney has laid out a plan nationally that others should follow," he told Fox News Digital Friday.
- COLD CASE BREAKTHROUGH SOLVES TEEN KILLING AFTER SUSPECT LIVED FREE FOR DECADES: 'BETTER BE AFRAID' GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Authorities identified Marrone along with five other cold case victims Thursday.
- TED BUNDY LINKED TO ANOTHER DECADES-OLD HOMICIDE NEARLY 40 YEARS AFTER HIS EXECUTION FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Marrone had been killed with the same rare.22-caliber short rounds Biegenwald was using when New Jersey police arrested him in 1983, Tierney told reporters.
FLORIDA KAYAKER’S GRISLY FIND IDENTIFIED AS WOMAN MISSING FOR DECADES – NOW COPS HUNT HER KILLER Her identity remained unknown until Suffolk County investigators said they uncovered it with new DNA methods.
Additional details
- He had been known to pick up victims he encountered walking in towns along the Jersey Shore.
- Marrone, of Pleasantville, New Jersey, was last seen leaving a hospital in Somers Point, New Jersey, on March 16, 1978.
- "Five decades have passed since the first of these individuals was found deceased, but our commitment to identifying them and pursuing justice has never wavered.".
- Airman on his lunch break in a park near the eastern end of Montauk in the town of East Hampton, New York.
- SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Still, authorities stopped short of calling the case solved.
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