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
Kitchen,
the
past,
present
and
future
intersect
thanks
to
science
and
police
work.
It
was
Feb.
10,
2003,
when
construction
workers
made
a
gruesome
discovery
while
inside
a
building
set
for
demolition.
“When
knocking
through
a
concrete
floor,
a
skull
rolled
out,”
Dt.
Ryan
Glas
recalls.
The
cold
case
captured
the
nation’s
curiosity:
the
skeleton
of
a
16-year-old
wrapped
in
a
carpet
and
encased
in
cemen
“She
was
hogtied
with
electrical
cord
and
the
remains
that
were
found
were
exactly
how
she
was,
she
was
in
the
fetal
position,”
the
cold
case
detective
said.
After
21
years,
the
teenager
known
as
“Midtown
Jane
Doe,”
now
has
a
name
and
an
identity.
Her
name
is
Patricia
Kathleen
McGlone.
Detective
Glas
and
the
NYPD
Cold
Case
Squad
just
received
the
news,
the
result
of
teamwork
across
decades.
“Detective
Gerard
Gardner
was
the
case
detective
that
caught
the
case.
He
did
a
tremendous
amount
of
work,”
Glas
explained.
A
genealogy
tree
led
to
possible
relatives,
from
there
McGlone’s
identity
was
discovered
because
her
DNA
matched
that
of
a
family
member
who
was
killed
on
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.
“With
any
investigation,
any
especially
homicide
investigation,
he
first
thing
you
need
to
have
is
a
name
to
the
victim
because
it
gives
you
a
starting
point,”
Glas
said.