The identification of a New York teenage woman who was murdered within the late Sixties has been recognized after the case went chilly for over a decade and her DNA was linked to a 9/11 sufferer’s mom, police stated.
Patricia Kathleen McGlone, previously often called “Midtown Jane Doe,” was 16 and residing Sundown Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York when she was murdered in 1969, Detective Ryan Glas of the New York Metropolis Police Division informed USA TODAY.
McGlone’s stays have been discovered by development staff on Feb. 10, 2003, within the basement of a constructing they have been making ready for demolition in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, Glas stated.
“Upon breaking by the concrete ground, they found skeletal stays wrapped up in carpeting,” in accordance with the detective who took over the case in November 2022. “As they broke by the slab additional, a cranium rolled out.”
Ring with ‘PMcG ‘ discovered on Patricia McGlone’s finger
The younger woman was discovered tied within the fetal place with {an electrical} wire, in accordance with CBS News. The New York Metropolis health worker decided the woman died from strangulation, the outlet reported.
The woman was sporting a hoop with the initials “PMcG” branded on it, which might ultimately match her identify as soon as police recognized her, Glas stated. Police additionally discovered a dime from 1969, a Sixties-era Bulova watch and a inexperienced plastic toy soldier along with her, in accordance with the detective.
“The ring and dime have been very particular to the preliminary investigation,” in accordance with Glas. “That 1969 dime set a second and time of when this might have began or when she may have been positioned there.”
The New York Metropolis Medical Examiner’s Workplace additionally decided in 2003 that the woman was 5-foot-2 and died anyplace between 17 and 19 years previous, Glas stated. After the preliminary detective assigned to the case was unsuccessful find any lacking individuals who match the woman’s description, the case went chilly in 2003.
New York detectives uncover extra about Patricia McGlone
The case remained chilly till 2017 when detectives with the New York Metropolis Police Division reopened it for evaluate, however this time they’d superior forensic know-how on their aspect, Glas stated. Detectives aimed to ID the woman’s skeletal stays, however her bones have been “very degraded,” in accordance with the detective.
It took till March 2023, however detectives have been lastly in a position to create a DNA profile for the woman that was massive sufficient to add to public databases so they may use investigative genetic family tree, in accordance with Glas. The woman’s profile matched with a member of the family who uploaded their DNA to an ancestry database, and the surname of the person was “McGlone,” the detective stated.
Detectives concluded that Patricia Kathleen McGlone was born April 20, 1953, to Bernard McGlone and Patricia Gilligan, Glas stated.
Glas stated he used college data to study that McGlone dropped out, received married at 16 and probably had a child along with her husband earlier than her dying. He obtained McGlone’s marriage certificates and pointed to the toy soldier that was discovered along with her in 2003 as additional proof.
It’s unclear what occurred to McGlone’s little one and husband.
Patricia McGlone associated to mom of 9/11 sufferer
McGlone’s DNA was linked to the mom of a 9/11 sufferer final month when Glas spoke to a lady in Florida. Whereas talking to the girl, who’s on McGlone’s mom’s aspect of the household, she informed the detective to speak to her nephew. The nephew informed Glas that his mom submitted a DNA swab to the New York Metropolis health worker after his sister died on 9/11, in accordance with Glas.
Relations of lacking individuals submitted their DNA to assist establish unknown victims after the Sept. 11 assaults on the World Commerce Heart. Glas stated he acquired the nephew’s mom’s genetic info from the health worker’s workplace and confirmed she and McGlone have been cousins.
