Joanne Pecheone

Death by Force

Joanne Pecheone, a 19-year-old female student at St. Francis DeSales school, was tragically murdered on January 12, 1972, in Utica, New York. Her body was discovered on a wooded path near South Park Drive, where she had been tied to a tree, sexually assaulted, and stabbed multiple times. The investigation into her death spanned nearly four decades, with numerous leads pursued but no definitive suspect identified for many years.

In 2001, a joint task force was formed to re-investigate the ...Read More

Decades-old Utica rape and murder finally solved - CNY Central

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