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Dorothy Keeler

Case from Rochester, NY dated Jul 29, 1988

Victim Details

Dorothy Keeler

Female

White / Caucasian

Rochester

NY

1988-07-29

59

Dorothy

Keeler

07/17/2026

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Dorothy Keeler disappeared from Rochester, New York on July 29, 1989, slipping out of her familiar routine and leaving behind only the uneasy feeling that something had gone wrong. Dorothy Keeler was a 59-year-old White female.

Weeks turned into months with no clear answers, until a grim discovery in the Genesee River gorge changed the shape of the search. In October 1989, two teenagers fishing near Seth Green Island came upon human remains in a condition so mutilated that investigators ...
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  • Police: suspect told them body was of his mistress - UPI Archives
  • Arthur Shawcross: Serial Killer, Genesee River Killer, Crimes
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