Diane Cusick

Death by Force

Diane Cusick, a 23-year-old Caucasian woman, tragically lost her life on February 15, 1968, in a brutal and horrifying crime. Diane, a dance teacher and mother, had gone to the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, New York, to purchase shoes. Her lifeless body was discovered in the backseat of her car, a 1961 Plymouth Valiant, in the mall's parking lot. She had been beaten, raped, and suffocated. Her face bore signs of severe trauma, and duct tape was found around her mouth and neck. Despite the v ...Read More

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