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Jennifer Schweiger

Case from Staten Island, NY dated Jul 09, 1987

Victim Details

Jennifer Schweiger

Female

White / Caucasian

Staten Island

NY

1987-07-09

12

Jennifer

Schweiger

07/04/2026

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Jennifer Schweiger, a 12-year-old white female from Staten Island, New York, disappeared on July 9, 1987, after setting out on what was supposed to be an ordinary walk in her neighborhood. She was known in contemporary reporting as a child with Down syndrome, and the ease of that summer day turned into panic when she didn’t come home.

As the hours stretched into days, Staten Island mobilized. Searchers and police pushed into the large, brushy expanse around the grounds of the former Wi ...
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  • Body Unearthed on S.I. Is That of Missing Girl - The New York Times
  • Killer Psyche Daily: Who Was Staten Island's “Cropsey” Killer?
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