Tanya Rush

Murdered
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A 39 year old woman's remains are found in a suitcase on the side of a highway
Tanya Rush, a 39-year-old mother of three from Brooklyn, New York, was found brutally murdered on June 27, 2008. Her dismembered body was discovered inside a black suitcase on the side of the Southern State Parkway in North Bellmore, Long Island. Rush had last been seen on June 23, 2008, around 3 a.m. on surveillance footage leaving her Brooklyn apartment. Her murder was particularly gruesome, and investigators initially had few leads to follow.

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    Victim Details

    Tanya Rush

    January 26, 2022

    Female

    African-American / Black

    New Bellmore

    NY

    2008-06-27

    39

    Tanya

    Rush

    No

    10/09/2024


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