The identity of a woman whose body was found in Queens, New York in 1991 has finally been revealed after more than three decades. Four men were convicted in connection with her death.
A woman has been identified more than three decades after her body was found in New York City, officials said on Monday. On August 25, 1991, a set of remains bound at the ankles and covered with a board was found in a grassy area at the intersection of two Queens , New York parkways, according to a press release from District Attorney Melinda Katz's office. Four men, aged 18 through 20 at the time, were prosecuted and convicted for their roles in the killing.
An investigation found that four men approached the victim sometime between July and August 1991, according to the news release, and drove the victim to the intersection. During that drive, the victim was tied up and pushed out of the car. One man exited the car and struck the victim on the head with a large flashlight, causing the victim's death, the news release said. The men then left the scene, but returned two weeks later to attempt to conceal the victim by placing a large wooden board over the body. The men were arrested and charged in August and September 1991, the DA's office said. One pleaded guilty in Sept. 1992 to manslaughter in the first degree. He received a sentence of just over eight years to 25 years in prison, and was released in 2009 and discharged from parole in 2016. Two others pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment in the first degree and were sentenced to over two years to seven years in prison. Both were released in 1996 and discharged from parole in April 1998. The fourth man pleaded guilty to a charge of hindering prosecution in 1993 and received a sentence of one and a half to four and a half years in prison. He was released in 1996 and discharged from parole in July 1997. Despite the investigation, the victim's identity remained unknown, even after all four men had been released from prison and discharged from parole. The body had been severely decomposed by the time it was found, making identification difficul
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