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{{UID_Infobox|title1=Monmouth County Jane Doe|image1=NCMU1106794c1.jpg|caption1=|discovered=December 10, 1988|span={{age|1988|12|10}}|sex={{F}}|location=Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey|age=15 - 20|race={{White}}|height=5'1" - 5'4"|weight=100 - 120 pounds|body_condition={{sk}}|pmi=15 Years|cod={{ns}}}}
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{{Identified_Infobox|title1=Nancy Fitzgerald|image1=Nancy Fitzgerald.png|name=Nancy Carol Fitzgerald|sex={{f}}|age=16|disappeared=April 3, 1972|discovered=December 10, 1988|location=Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey|identified=December 5, 2022|cod={{Homicide}}|span=33 years|missing_from=Bloomfield, New Jersey}}
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'''Nancy Carol Fitzgerald''' was a teenager whose remains were found in New Jersey in 1988. She disappeared in 1972. 28 women had been ruled out as being the decedent.
   
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She was identified in December 2022 with help from Bode Technology.
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'''Monmouth Jane Doe''' was a young woman found deceased in New Jersey in 1988. She was believed to have died years before her discovery.
  
   
 
==Case==
  
==Case==
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Nancy grew up in Bloomfield in Essex County, New Jersey. After her father died in 1968, she and her family moved from Crown Street and relocated to Mohr Avenue in Bloomfield. Nancy attended Bloomfield's Berkeley Elementary School and North Junior High School, which today is Bloomfield Middle School. Nancy was often truant from school, started doing drugs at an early age, and hung out with older men, specifically one who gave her and other girls drugs in exchange for sexual favors like pornography and prostitution. Nancy's friends were also a bad influence according to her younger sister, Kathleen. She still managed to see them even though she moved streets.
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Residents discovered her skull while helping to clear a parcel of land along the bay for a bicycle trail on a wooded hillside. More than 85% of the skeletal remains were recovered after a further search of the area. Her remains were estimated to have been in that same location for approximately fifteen years.
  
   
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In 1971, Nancy overdosed on barbiturates and was taken to a hospital by police. When they returned to her home, the police searched the bedroom Nancy shared with Kathleen for drugs. They eventually found more barbiturates that Nancy was supposed to be selling. On April 3, 1972, the day after Easter Sunday, she abruptly disappeared. About a year after Nancy vanished, her mother got a phone call from a girl begging and screaming for help. "Mom, I made a big mistake," the girl said. "Come get me, come get me, help." Nancy's mother eventually realized it was in fact her when Kathleen safely came home that night. Kathleen later traveled the country looking for Nancy.
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==Characteristics==
  
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In 1988, Nancy's skull was first located, on the slope of a hill where a bike trail was planned to be created. After additional searches, most of her skeletal remains were located, along with some fragments of clothing and shoes. Nancy may have been at the scene for as long as fifteen years.
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==Characteristics==
 
*She'd received dental care.
  
*She'd received dental care.
 
**She had a gap in the upper central incisors.
  
**She had a gap in the upper central incisors.
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==Gallery==
  
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==Sources==
  
==Sources==
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* {{Doe Network|20ufnj.html|Nancy Fitzgerald}}
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* {{NCMEC|1106794|Monmouth County Jane Doe}}
  
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*[http://mcponj.org/2022/12/05/human-remains-identified-as-teen-declared-missing-in-1972/ Monmouth County Prosecutors Office]
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* {{NamUs|1458|Monmouth County Jane Doe}}
  
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*''[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45816555/atlantic-highlands-jane-doe-1992/ Ashbury Park Press]''
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* {{Doe Network|20ufnj.html|Monmouth County Jane Doe}}
  
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*[https://patch.com/new-jersey/middletown-nj/skeletal-remains-found-henry-hudson-trail-1988-idd-nj-teen ''Patch'']
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*[https://www.app.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/2022/12/05/north-jersey-teen-bones-atlantic-highlands-50-years-nancy-fitzgerald/69701775007/ ''USA TODAY'']
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*[https://newjersey.news12.com/remains-of-teen-who-went-missing-50-years-ago-in-bloomfield-finally?fbclid=IwAR20fks0VTiCq3KRTwumMQXMk_H77k1lINozLWPgQ9qnFUDSgJuwHCkU-T8 ''News 12 New Jersey'']
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Latest revision as of 00:57, 26 March 2024

Nancy Carol Fitzgerald was a teenager whose remains were found in New Jersey in 1988. She disappeared in 1972. 28 women had been ruled out as being the decedent.

She was identified in December 2022 with help from Bode Technology.

Case

Nancy grew up in Bloomfield in Essex County, New Jersey. After her father died in 1968, she and her family moved from Crown Street and relocated to Mohr Avenue in Bloomfield. Nancy attended Bloomfield's Berkeley Elementary School and North Junior High School, which today is Bloomfield Middle School. Nancy was often truant from school, started doing drugs at an early age, and hung out with older men, specifically one who gave her and other girls drugs in exchange for sexual favors like pornography and prostitution. Nancy's friends were also a bad influence according to her younger sister, Kathleen. She still managed to see them even though she moved streets.

In 1971, Nancy overdosed on barbiturates and was taken to a hospital by police. When they returned to her home, the police searched the bedroom Nancy shared with Kathleen for drugs. They eventually found more barbiturates that Nancy was supposed to be selling. On April 3, 1972, the day after Easter Sunday, she abruptly disappeared. About a year after Nancy vanished, her mother got a phone call from a girl begging and screaming for help. "Mom, I made a big mistake," the girl said. "Come get me, come get me, help." Nancy's mother eventually realized it was in fact her when Kathleen safely came home that night. Kathleen later traveled the country looking for Nancy.

In 1988, Nancy's skull was first located, on the slope of a hill where a bike trail was planned to be created. After additional searches, most of her skeletal remains were located, along with some fragments of clothing and shoes. Nancy may have been at the scene for as long as fifteen years.

Characteristics

  • She'd received dental care.
    • She had a gap in the upper central incisors.

Clothing

  • Knee-high socks.
  • Bra with lace material.
  • Leather platform sandals with ankle straps. (size 8 1/2)

Gallery

Sources

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