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Valerie Street

Case from Hasbrouck Heights, NJ dated May 05, 1980

Victim Details

Valerie Street

Female

White / Caucasian

Hasbrouck Heights

NJ

1980-05-05

19

Valerie

Street

07/07/2026

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In the spring of 1980, the quiet borough of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, became the scene of a horrifying discovery that would unravel the sinister acts of a serial killer. On May 5th, a housekeeper at the Quality Inn made a gruesome find in one of the motel rooms. Underneath a bed lay the body of nineteen-year-old Valerie Ann Street. The young woman had been brutally murdered, her life cut short in a violent encounter.

An investigation into her death revealed the chilling details of he ...
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  • Richard Cottingham - Wikipedia
  • 'Crime Scene' reveals true depravity of 'Times Square Killer' - NY Post
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    Is anyone else struck by how much strength Valerie must have had to endure what she did? Knowing wha... ...Read More
    04/02/2025
    I've been doing some thinking about the businesses near the Quality Inn where Valerie Ann Street's t... ...Read More
    09/30/2023
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