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Heidi Balch

Case from New York City, NY dated Feb 20, 1989

Victim Details

Heidi Balch

Female

White / Caucasian

New York City

NY

1989-02-20

25

Heidi

Balch

07/09/2026

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Heidi “Susie” Balch, a 25-year-old White woman, was killed on February 20, 1989, in East Meadow on Long Island, a death that would not be publicly connected to a named victim for nearly a quarter century.

What became known first was not a missing-person headline, but something far more haunting: on March 5, 1989, a severed head was discovered on a golf course in Hopewell, New Jersey, left inside a paint can. Weeks later, additional remains were found miles away, and investigators lin ...
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  • Hopewell police identify victim from 1989 homicide - 6ABC
  • DNA Helps ID Severed Head Found On NJ Golf Course In 1989
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