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Rita was wife of NY cop who got fired after her disappearance in 1986. Quite sad and messed up case.Investigators believe Rita's remains may have been placed in the Hudson River in New York shortly after she vanished, but she has never been located. The headless body of a female was recovered from the river in 1988 and from spinal X-rays authorities initially believed it was Rita, but further testing with DNA ruled out that possibility. Rita's case remains unsolved.
Two New York City police officers whose wives disappeared under mysterious circumstances worked in the same station house on the Upper West Side for more than a year while they were trainees in the late 60's, police officials said yesterday.
The officials said it was unclear whether the two officers, Mark Stahl and Robert Fioretti, knew each other. But, the officials said, the information shed new light on a possible link between the disappearance of the wives, Dianne Stahl and Rita Fioretti.
Mrs. Stahl, whose husband retired in 1984 after questions had been raised about his associations with reputed organized crime figures in the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park, Queens, has been missing from her Toms River, N.J., home since June 1985. The authorities believe she is dead.
Mrs. Fioretti, 35 years old, and missing from her home on City Island in the Bronx since Aug. 10, is also presumed dead. Officer Fioretti, 37, who was estranged from her, was arrested Wednesday and charged with using a forged withdrawal slip to steal almost $18,000 from her bank account after she had disappeared.
Officials in the Bronx District Attorney's office have said they were looking into a possible connection between the two cases because Officer Fioretti's new wife, Maureen Brooks, his former patrol partner in the 113th Precinct in Queens, had once dated another officer who was Mr. Stahl's partner in the adjoining 106th Precinct.
OFFICER WITH MISSING WIFE SUSPENDED AFTER THEFT ARRESTAuthorities in the Bronx also said yesterday that they were investigating a possible link between Mrs. Fioretti's disappearance and the disappearance in 1985 of Dianne Stahl, the wife of a former officer in the 106th Precinct. Mrs. Stahl's husband, Mark, was the partner of another officer who once dated Officer Brooks, the officials said. They said Officer Stahl retired from the department in 1984 after questions were raised about his association with a reputed organized-crime figure, Salvatore Reale.
Mr. Reale is at the center of another investigation by a special prosecutor into possible ties between organized crime and members of the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park, Queens.
She is now listed twice on the rule out listRita Fioretti is still the only ruleout.
Yeah, I generally remove duplicates when I post exclusions.She is now listed twice on the rule out list