NY MIDTOWN JANE DOE: WF, 15-21, found under a layer of relatively fresh concrete in Manhattan, NY - 10 Feb 2003 *PATRICIA McGLONE*

337UFNY - Unidentified Female

Artistic renderings of the victim; Victim's ring and clothing tag.

Date of Discovery: February 10, 2003
Location of Discovery: Manhattan, New York County, New York
Estimated Date of Death: 1970 to 2003
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Cause of Death: Homicide by strangulation

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 15-21 years old. Several of her teeth and bones had not reached full maturity, suggesting she was between 17 and 19 years old.
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'1", Estimated
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Light-colored, possible red.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Petite build.

Identifiers
Dentals: Available. She had expensive dental work at one point in her life, but her teeth also had severe decay, suggesting she may have been from a family of means but may have fallen on hard times.
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Bra (size 32A) and pantyhose.
Jewelry: Yellow metal ring with the initials "P Mc. G" May be read as P G Mc. A 1966 Bulova watch.
Additional Personal Items: 1969 (some sources state 1968) dime found with the remains. An International Ladies Garment Workers tag of a type sewn into clothing in 1988 was recovered with the victim, as well as a plastic toy soldier that could not be exactly dated.

Circumstances of Discovery
The victim's skeletal remains had been wrapped in a rug and concealed under a layer of relatively fresh concrete, which itself was hidden behind an old coal-burning furnace in the basement of a rundown, mostly abandoned apartment building on West 46th Street in Hell's Kitchen on Manhattan's West Side.

Police say the building was used by prostitutes and that the basement could be reached from several points inside, as well as through a steel trap door in an adjacent parking lot.

The killer had bound her hands and feet with an extension cord and circled it around her neck, then wrapped her body in a patch of rust-colored carpet.

Possibly of Irish descent. The victim may have abused drugs, and possibly worked as a prostitute, as scraps of glittery clothing were recovered at the scene.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: New York County Medical Examiner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Angela Soler
Agency Phone Number: 212-447-2770
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: M03-00825

NCIC Case Number: U900004399
NamUs Case Number: 5703

Information Source(s)
Namus
Newsday News Archive
New York Post News Archive
America's Most Wanted

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‘Midtown Jane Doe' cold case breakthrough comes after 50-year DNA match to 9/11 victim

A cold case murder mystery out of midtown Manhattan is now closer to being solved. The victim, who had been classified as a Jane Doe after she was killed five decades ago has been identified through one of her relatives, who died on 9/11. On West 46th Street between 8th and 9th avenues in Hell’s...

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‘Midtown Jane Doe' cold case breakthrough comes after 50-year DNA match to 9/11 victim​

A cold case murder mystery out of midtown Manhattan is now closer to being solved. The victim, who had been classified as a Jane Doe after she was killed five decades ago has been identified through one of her relatives, who died on 9/11.

After 21 years, the teenager known as "Midtown Jane Doe," now has a name and an identity. Her name is Patricia Kathleen McGlone.


A genealogy tree led to possible relatives, from there McGlone's identity was discovered because her DNA matched that of a family member killed in 9/11.

“We were able to match that they were from the same family," Glas said.

Detective Glas then began to uncover more about the New York teen, including where she grew up.

“She was Catholic and she lived in Sunset Park," he added. "She was baptized, she received communion and ultimately had confirmation. She went to public school and she went to Catholic school. She went to Charles Dewey Middle School in Sunset Park.”

Believed to have been murdered in 1969, the location where McGlone's body was found was once home to a bar that launched rock stars.

“Jimmy Hendrix, a lot of other bands,” Glas explained. "During the mid 60s to late 60s, that basement was a nightclub, rock and roll club.”

Inside the cement tomb, not only were McGlone's remains but a ring marked with initials.

“PMcG matches to her name. Patricia Kathleen McGlone," according to Glas.

Detectives also found a 1969 dime, which gave investigators a starting point in time. Also buried with the teen was a plastic toy soldier wrapped up in the carpeting.

Detectives believe the toy may have belonged to a child birthed by McGlone. Now with an identification secured, the NYPD is moving onto the next phase of the investigation: catching a killer.