A long-unsolved case is finally heating up as detectives identify the murder victim found inside the Hell's Kitchen building on Restaurant Row.
The victim, until recently known as “Midtown Jane Doe,” has been identified by the New York City Police Department's Cold Case Unit as 16-year-old Patricia Kathleen McGlone. McGlone is believed to have been murdered in late 1969 or early 1970, and she was discovered under a concrete floor by construction workers demolishing 301 W. 46th Street on February 10, 2003 (NBC new york).
“When I knocked on the concrete floor, a skull rolled out,” Detective Ryan Glass told the media about the gruesome discovery. “She was tied up with electrical cords and her body was found in the fetal position, which is exactly what it was.'' McGlone was buried with a plastic toy soldier, but investigators were unable to identify her until a genealogy report matched her DNA to a relative killed on 9/11. I couldn't do it. .
Prior to beginning the investigation, detectives had unsuccessfully tried other cutting-edge methods over the years to identify McGlone. The analysis, which included renderings of a sculpture designed to recreate McGlone's figure in 2017, as well as the use of rain and drinking water, found that They studied sexual characteristics and traced them to specific areas.
Detective Glass said a rainwater analysis led detectives to believe McGlone was from the Midwest, but he was actually a resident of New York City. Patricia, born April 20, 1953, to Bernard McGlone and Patricia Gilligan, told NBC New York that she was “Catholic and lived in Sunset Park.” “She was baptized, received Holy Communion, and eventually confirmed. She attended public school and also attended Catholic school. She attended Charles Dewey Junior High School in Sunset Park. I was there.”
What remains unclear are the details of McGlone's death. His RIU Hotel, now located at 301 W. 46th Street, once housed a bar called Steve Paul's The Scene, which was known for hosting rising rock stars of the time such as Jimi Hendrix and The Doors. “From the mid-'60s to the late '60s, that basement was a nightclub, a rock'n'roll club,” Detective Glass added. And like many of Hell's Kitchens in the 1960s, this building was a hub of illegal activity.
According to a report and reader comments from New York history blog Vanishing New York, the building was once the site of a bootlegger known as the Cave of Fallen Angels, and was later home to rock 'n' roll band The Scene Collins. Lady Anne's, a bar profiled by Anthony Bourdain (the late chef said, “The smell of lysole and vomit distracted me from recently released inmates playing pool at a crooked table in the back”) The theater was famous for its show-and-tell porn and Robert De Niro films. Taxi driver.
The area was not immune to murders at the time, and dozens more to come, including those during the terrifying reign of Times Square killer Richard Cottingham and the 1997 murder of Barbetta manager Roger Brooks. It will become an unpleasant hotspot for many years. And while these high-profile crimes were eventually solved, the search for McGlone's killer still continues.
Glass told CNN that McGlone was a fugitive at the time of her death and may have put the child up for adoption, but the paperwork surrounding the potential child is unclear. Detectives have also identified McGlone's husband and say he is connected to 301 W. 46th Street, but are declining further comment pending the now revived investigation.
But with the 16-year-old's body finally identified, the case is one step closer to being solved, Detective Glass told news outlets. “In any investigation, especially a murder investigation, the first thing you need to know is the victim's name, because that's the starting point,” Glass told NBC. He added that he hopes the discovery will encourage anyone with information about the crime to come forward.
“Anyone who can tell us what they remember about that time, who lived in that building, more background information about her or who she married…that's all kinds of information that we can track down. ” he added. . “I'm a father of three daughters, so I can only imagine what her childhood was like. Then she went to the place where she was finally murdered. ”