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A 17-year-old is strangled on a rooftop just six blocks from where she lived in Brooklyn, New York.
Theresa Rose Rodger left the house at 10:00am on Wednesday, October 20, 1971 with four dollars in her pocket. Her mother, Rosalie Rodger, said she planned to buy a blouse and then head over to the Bay Ridge area to look for a job as a part-time waitress.
A little more than 24 hours later, an elevator repairman found her body was found on the rooftop of 198 Bond Street in the Gowanus Housing Authority project. This rooftop was just 0.5 miles from Theresa's home - a short eleven minute wal ...Read More
Theresa Rose Rodger left the house at 10:00am on Wednesday, October 20, 1971 with four dollars in her pocket. Her mother, Rosalie Rodger, said she planned to buy a blouse and then head over to the Bay Ridge area to look for a job as a part-time waitress.
A little more than 24 hours later, an elevator repairman found her body was found on the rooftop of 198 Bond Street in the Gowanus Housing Authority project. This rooftop was just 0.5 miles from Theresa's home - a short eleven minute wal ...Read More
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Theresa Rodger
May 31, 2023
Female
Caucasian / White
Brooklyn
NY
1971-10-20
1954-02-05
17
Theresa Rodger
Theresa
Rodger
Victim
11/14/2025
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I can't stop thinking about the heartbreaking loss of Theresa and how close to home this tragedy hap... ...Read More
10/02/2024
10/02/2024
Just read through the details of Theresa Rose Rodger's tragic case, and there is something that deep... ...Read More
09/17/2024
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