NY NY - Medford, WhtFem 20-30, 1215UFNY, dismembered, tattoo 'Adrian', Dec'94

Namus

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/13134

The tattoo of this girl is much characteristic; possible anyone remember her?

Bumping for Medford Jane Doe. She is one of two known unidentified victims of Robert Shulman. The other is Yonkers Jane Doe who I am working on trying to get into NamUs.

Bumping for Medford Jane :rose:
Yonkers Jane, who was also a Shulman victim, was finally entered into NamUs.

I wonder if there is more info as to where this woman was picked up from?

Most likely she was picked up in Hollis or Jamaica, Queens, which is where Shulman picked up his other victims.

madamx said:

I wonder if there is more info as to where this woman was picked up from?

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oh ok thank you jessr97.. I remember reading about this guy he was around the time of Rifikin I believe.. I did not know about this woman that was unidentified though.

I had found this woman there is not much info but I thought I would post her here because you never know.. her hair says brown.. but it could have an auburn tint to it and some people would just say brown.

Jane Alice Kelsey
Missing since August 22, 1994 from Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Classification: Endangered Missing



Vital Statistics
Date of Birth: March 28, 1967
Age at Time of Disappearance: 27 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'3-5'5"; 120-126 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; blue/hazel eyes.
Clothing: She was wearing a white, hooded sweatshirt, black jeans and black, high top sneakers.
Dentals: Available in NCIC

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2449dfny.html

jessr927 said:

Most likely she was picked up in Hollis or Jamaica, Queens, which is where Shulman picked up his other victims.

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I came across this with a little more information
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ny-court-of-appeals/1479155.html

At about 8:05 a.m. on December 7, 1994, an employee of the Suffolk County Department of Public Works, while traveling on Long Island Avenue from the Department's garage in Yaphank to a job site in the Town of Medford, noticed what appeared to be a brand-new blue Rubbermaid garbage can lying on its side amidst other debris at the road's edge.   Stopping his pickup truck to observe the garbage can more closely, he thought to himself that “ somebody had dumped a bad load of meat.”   Upon arriving at the job site, he told his supervisor about this discovery, and suggested that department personnel clean up the area and retrieve the garbage can for use to store their tools.   On his way back from the job site to the garage later that morning, the supervisor pulled over to inspect the garbage can.   He discovered a woman's remains.
The victim's nude body was partially covered with plastic bags, and a white towel or bath mat was wrapped around her head.   A white powdery substance, later determined to be baking soda, was visible on her remains.   The victim's left leg was severed midway between the knee and groin area;  both arms had been amputated;  she had sustained serious blunt force trauma to the face, head, eye, nose and mouth.   The victim's left arm displayed a tattoo consisting of a red heart and a banner with the name “Adrian.”   Despite extensive efforts by the police to find out who this woman was in life, to this day she remains identified only as “Jane Doe Medford.”


Detective White testified at the suppression hearing about what the police had discovered over the course of a painstaking four-month investigation:  that Kelly Sue Bunting was last seen alive in defendant's company;  that Kelly Sue Bunting and Jane Doe Medford were both killed by being severely beaten about the face and head and were disposed of as trash, minus hands or limbs, suggesting a common killer;  that the trace evidence associated with the bodies of Kelly Sue Bunting and Jane Doe Medford (worn and debris-laden light blue carpet fibers, orange carpet fibers, cat hairs, jute and foam padding) was also present in the security booth where defendant worked;  that defendant did not work as scheduled on December 7, 1994, the day Jane Doe Medford's body was discovered, or December 8, 1995, the day Kelly Sue Bunting was last seen alive;  that defendant was known to entertain prostitutes, including Kelly Sue Bunting, in his room, a relatively secluded spot entered through a screened-in porch where another prostitute had seen a work bench or table with tools, including a hacksaw and a hammer;  and that several prostitutes reported that defendant always had baking soda on hand in his room, and that the bodies of Kelly Sue Bunting and Jane Doe Medford were sprinkled with a white powdery substance.2  These multiple points of correspondence between defendant and the killings of Kelly Sue Bunting and Jane Doe Medford were evidence that it was more probable than not that defendant was the perpetrator.   Accordingly, the police had a sufficient basis to arrest defendant.

I am posting this girl up here also just in case.. I noticed she had a scar on her abdomen and a lot can happen in 10 years.. who knows... But this is very frustrating that this poor jane doe has not been identified.. and pretty much forgotten about .. she does not even have a reconstruction... sigh

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2447dfny.html

Launa Renee Merritt
Missing since February 23, 1983 from Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Classification: Endangered Missing



Vital Statistics
Date of Birth: October 10, 1966
Age at Time of Disappearance: 16 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 4'11"; 130-145 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; brown eyes.
Marks/Scars: Surgical scar on abdomen
Clothing: Usually wears jeans and T-shirt. Brown rabbit fur coat, and brown boots.
AKA: Tina, Colleen, and Lisa
Dentals: Available in NCIC
Fingerprints: Available




Circumstances of Disappearance
Launa Merritt telephoned her grandmother, early in the morning of February 23, 1983, and told her she was with friends and would be home a little later. Launa said she called from a pay phone at James and Townsend streets.
Merritt often ran away, and she had been arrested and charged with prostitution several months before she disappeared. The day after her disappearance, she was due in court on the soliciting arrest.
Earlier, she had told her grandmother if she didn't hear from her in a month's time, to tell police about one of the men she had been hanging out with.
Merritt used to go to East Syracuse Minoa schools, when she lived with her mother in Fremont. She dropped out of school and went to live with her grandmother. After a while she started to "hang out" downtown. Her grandmother did not believe she was involved with drugs or drinking. She is described as very trusting.
As far as her family know, the only thing she had with her when she disappeared was a grocery bag of clothes. Her makeup and toothbrush were left at home. She also had no money with her

madamx said:

I am posting this girl up here also just in case.. I noticed she had a scar on her abdomen and a lot can happen in 10 years.. who knows... But this is very frustrating that this poor jane doe has not been identified.. and pretty much forgotten about .. she does not even have a reconstruction... sigh

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Launa Renee Merritt
Missing since February 23, 1983 from Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Classification: Endangered Missing



Vital Statistics
Date of Birth: October 10, 1966
Age at Time of Disappearance: 16 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 4'11"; 130-145 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; brown eyes.
Marks/Scars: Surgical scar on abdomen
Clothing: Usually wears jeans and T-shirt. Brown rabbit fur coat, and brown boots.
AKA: Tina, Colleen, and Lisa
Dentals: Available in NCIC
Fingerprints: Available




Circumstances of Disappearance
Launa Merritt telephoned her grandmother, early in the morning of February 23, 1983, and told her she was with friends and would be home a little later. Launa said she called from a pay phone at James and Townsend streets.
Merritt often ran away, and she had been arrested and charged with prostitution several months before she disappeared. The day after her disappearance, she was due in court on the soliciting arrest.
Earlier, she had told her grandmother if she didn't hear from her in a month's time, to tell police about one of the men she had been hanging out with.
Merritt used to go to East Syracuse Minoa schools, when she lived with her mother in Fremont. She dropped out of school and went to live with her grandmother. After a while she started to "hang out" downtown. Her grandmother did not believe she was involved with drugs or drinking. She is described as very trusting.
As far as her family know, the only thing she had with her when she disappeared was a grocery bag of clothes. Her makeup and toothbrush were left at home. She also had no money with her

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Launa has DNA in Namus, as done Jane Doe, so they would have been picked up as a match already

Doe Network updated link

1215UFNY

1215UFNY - Unidentified Female


Date of Discovery: December 7,, 1994
Location of Discovery: Medford, Suffolk County, New York
Estimated Date of Death: 1994
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Partial remains with soft tissues
Cause of Death: Homicide by blunt force trauma.

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 20-30 years old
Race: White
Sex: Female
Height: 5'0"-5'1"
Weight: 135 lbs.
Hair Color: Reddish-brown, shoulder-length that may have been dyed.
Eye Color: Brown (right eye)
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Tattoo of a red heart with a white banner that reads "Adrian" on her left shoulder. Well-healed injury to her right femur which resulted in a slight angulation of the right femur shaft. Obliquely orientated surgical scar (4" long) on her abdomen - right lower quadrant. Double pierced ear lobes.

Identifiers
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Torn rim of a black sweater about her neck. Label: JJ COCHRAN, XL, Made in USA.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery


The victim's nude, dismembered body was found along side Long Island Avenue in a blue Rubbermaid garbage can by an employee of the Suffolk County Department of Public Works. She was partially covered with plastic bags with a white towel or bath mat around her head. Both her arms and left leg had been removed and were not recovered. She had blunt force trauma to her head and face.

She is one of five victims of Robert Shulman. Three of the victims were identified, while another, remains unidentified.

Shulman admitted to killing the victim in his room with a baseball bat. He then dismembered her with an axe and hacksaw and disposed of her body parts in various places, as well as her belongings. Because he was unable to dispose of her immediately, he sprinkled her with baking soda to mask the decomposition smell.



Shulman, a 42-year-old postal worker, would pick up prostitutes, get high on crack, have sex, and then bludgeon and dismember his victims. He would then dispose of their body parts in garbage bins throughout Long Island and Yonkers. He was active from 1991 to 1995. He was originally sentenced to death, but his sentence was later changed to life without parole. He died in prison in 2006.

She is known as Medford Jane Doe.



Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Suffolk County Medical Examiner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Robert Golden
Agency Phone Number: 631-853-5555
Agency Email: Unknown
Agency Case Number: 1994-3828

NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 13134

Information Source(s)
NamUs
Murderpedia-Robert Yale Shulman
Caselaw - NY Cases Archive

Admin Notes
Added: 2/1/2015; Last Updated: 6/29/2018

People v Shulman (2005 NY Slip Op 07827)

At about 8:05 a.m. on December 7, 1994, an employee of the Suffolk County Department of Public Works, while traveling on Long Island Avenue from the Department's garage in Yaphank to a job site in the Town of Medford, noticed what appeared to be a brand-new blue Rubbermaid garbage can lying on its side amidst other debris at the road's edge. Stopping his pickup truck to observe the garbage can more closely, he thought to himself that "somebody had dumped a bad load of meat." Upon arriving at the job site, he told his supervisor about this discovery, and suggested that department personnel clean up the area and retrieve the garbage can for use to store their tools. On his way back from the job site to the garage later that morning, the supervisor pulled over to inspect the garbage can. He discovered a woman's remains.

The victim's nude body was partially covered with plastic bags, and a white towel or bath mat was wrapped around her head. A white powdery substance, later determined to be baking soda, was visible on her remains. The victim's left leg was severed midway between the knee and groin area; both arms had been amputated; she had sustained serious blunt force trauma to the face, head, eye, nose and mouth. The victim's left arm displayed a tattoo consisting of a red heart and a banner with the name "Adrian." Despite extensive efforts by the police to find out who this woman was in life, to this day she remains identified only as "Jane Doe Medford."{**6 NY3d at 19} [*3]

Defendant admitted that he had killed Jane Doe Medford in his room, and again claimed that he had blacked out after smoking crack with her, only to awaken and find her unaccountably dead and bleeding from the face and head. So that she would not be identified, he used an axe and a hacksaw to dismember her body; he threw the axe and hacksaw away in the trash afterwards; he disposed of her body parts "all over the place," and similarly discarded her belongings in various dumpsters. Because he could not dispose of her remains immediately, he sprayed her remains with an air freshener and sprinkled them with baking soda to mask the odor of decomposition.

When one of the detectives suggested to defendant that he should "[g]et away from the lie about blacking out, [which was] just not believable," he agreed, stating that he had not blacked out but instead had "just lost control" and sometimes felt anger and rage. He recounted that he had killed Jane Doe Medford with a baseball bat; Kelly Sue Bunting with a dumbbell; and Lisa Ann Warner with a hammer. Defendant threw out these makeshift weapons immediately afterwards because he would always think that "it's not going to happen again." He reiterated that he cut off his victims' limbs in his room and discarded their body parts in multiple locations in order to foil identification.

Based upon information from these postarrest confessions, on April 7 and April 8, 1996 the police executed a search warrant for defendant's room, which was photographed, partially disassembled and transported to various divisions of the crime lab. There they discovered evidence of drug use, baking soda, calcium carbonate, air fresheners, carpet cleaners, and hundreds of apparent bloodstains on the walls, ceilings and surfaces of practically every freestanding item. Through DNA analyses, various stains were determined to be consistent with the DNA profiles of Jane Doe Medford, Lisa Ann Warner or Kelly Sue Bunting.

Serial Killer's Victims Included City Woman * Lisa Ann Warner's Body Is Identified More Than A Year After She Was Murdered.

Shulman, a 42-year-old postal worker who lived in Hickville, N.Y., was arrested April 7 and charged with killing Kelly Sue Bunting, 28, whose body was found in Melville, N.Y., in December, and an unidentified woman discovered in Medford, N.Y., in December 1994.


Shulman told police he picked up all five women on a street corner in Hollis, Queens, that was frequented by prostitutes, and took them to his apartment where police believe they were killed.

Shulman's younger brother, Barry, who lived in the same apartment house, is charged with helping his brother dispose of some body parts but has not been charged in any of the killings.

Updated Namus link: Unidentified Person Case

She doesn't even have an investigating agency listed, just the medical examiner's office. I suppose they think that since they found who killed her, justice was served...

carbuff said:

Updated Namus link: Unidentified Person Case

She doesn't even have an investigating agency listed, just the medical examiner's office. I suppose they think that since they found who killed her, justice was served...

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Oh exactly which is so sad. Like it does not matter who she is.

just like the Jane Doe this Missing person has no photo and really no info.

The Lost & The Found


Colleen Voitik McHugh

Date last seen April 17, 1994
Age last seen 30 years old
Sex Female
Race White
Ethnicity Unsure

Weight 105 to 105 lbs
Height 59 to 59 inches
Hair color Brown
Head hair Brown
Left eye color Hazel
Right eye color Hazel

City last seen Joliet
County last seen Will
State last seen Illinois