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Asbury Park Pressi
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Asbury Park, New Jersey
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Asbury Park PressSun. April 5, 1981 A17 Neptune police SHOP ALL BAMBERGER STORES TODAY AND EVERY SUNDAY 12 TO 5 P.M. (except newark and paramusj not giving up 307o TO 507oOFF in murder case By HARRY ZIEGLER Press Staff Writer NEPTUNE She was about 30 years old, with auburn more plus a Special Purchase hair. She had worn several necklaces, a white metal ring and a bangle bracelet. EXTRAORDINARY SALES SPECIAL BUYS: BEDSPREADS, DRAPERIES, CURTAINS, MORE She may have been employed at a military installation or dated someone who was.

Her name is unknown. So is that of her killer. On July 1, 1980, when her decomposed body was discov ered in a small creek behind a local bowling alley, she became another unsolved murder statistic. YOUR BAMBERGER'S CHARGE USE And police here continue their efforts to identify the woman and solve the mystery of her death. "We're grasping at everything that comes along, Lt.

Vincent Martin, a member of this township's detective bureau, said in a recent interview. "We haven't given up." "We're constantly checking," said Al Wuestefeld, a detective with the Homicide Division of the Monmouth Coun ty Prosecutor's Office. Wuestefeld has assisted police since the body was discovered last July. ALTHOUGH MURDER cases are often periodically re viewed, many slayings in Monmouth and Ocean counties remain unsolved. But this case is especially difficult, police say.

"This one is a tough situation," Martin said. "We've heard of no-one reported missing who fits our description of the victim." Martin said the body was in an advanced state of decomposition when it was uncovered by Rodney Saunders, Pittsburgh, as he walked along a dirt path behind Shore Lanes, Route 35, one summer morning. The corpse was sprawled in a small creek that runs behind the bowling alley. Police had few clues to work with, Martin said, ine body had been there at least two weeks and had become almost unidentifiable. "There are incidents when you can reconstruct the body, but in this case it wasn't possible," Martin said.

The body was removed by the Monmouth county Medi cal Examiner's Office and examined. What resulted were few clues to the woman's physical identity: She was a Caucasian woman with auburn hair. She was five feet 8 inches tall and about 30 years old. A missing portion of the lower Jaw made reconstructing the facial structure MEANWHILE, detectives analyzed articles of clothing and jewelry found on the body. Police found several necklaces around tne victim necK and a white comb and $27 in cash stuffed in the victim's right sock.

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am -ml2' i tin aMM 52. i2 -w! t-g MMMcae f. 1 rST rr -H fe. fe4i (is ss "trh 3 rrr: -tf! "Jb Srd im rs 4 Jj 1 Ui Vr 1:1 1 lfr'' i 2sjT I 1 "We feel there a remote possibility mat sne mignt have been connected with a military installation," Martin said. "One of the items hanging around her neck was a chain often used as a dog tag." So far, checks with army installations have proved fruitless, Martin said.

A multi-colored striped blouse the woman had been wearing also provided a clue to her Identity. A label on the back of the blouse read "Copenhagen, Denmark." "She may have been affiliated with someone in the mill- tary who was stationed there at one time," Martin said. "We've scrutinized all the missing person Martin said. "We've checked as far as Texas on missing per- sons with negative results." Police have even compared X-rays of the victim with medical X-rays taken of missing persons before their disap- pearance. POLICE HIT another roadblock when they tried to, recreate the events surrounding the victim's death.

"It's difficult in this case to reconstruct what happened," Martin said. "All the foliage in the area covered any footprints there might have been." An autopsy revealed that considerable force was used to cause a fracture at the base of the woman's skull. But police could not determine whether the woman was assaulted at the creek or dragged there forcefully from another area. Detectives canvassed area motels to see if a woman fitting the victim's description had stayed in the area prior to the murder. No leads developed.

Soon it will be a year since a woman was murdered and her body dumped in the iruddy waters of a neighborhood creek. But as far as police here are concerned, it remains a case to be actively and vigorously pursued. "It's a job to be continiully worked on, Martin said. "Some murders are solved wihin hours, some within days, some within months. We're gcing to pursue.

We haven't given up." "This is not the end," Wuestefeld said. Illegal waste suspect in toxic gas fatality The Associated Press NEWARK Industrial wastes illegally dumped into pipelines of the Passaic Valley Seweragt Commission may have generated the toxic gases in a maihole which killed one worker and injured four others, official' said. "I'm almost sure someone up the line maybe two or three miles away, dumped some illegal or oxic substance into the sewer," said John Lawrence, an assstant engineer with the commission. Three employees of the Cruz Construction Co. were in- stalling regulators on a sewage pipeline aong heavily traveled Raymond Boulevard Friday, when gas Uled the 15-foot-deep manhole in which they were working, jolice said.

The Holmdel Township company was doing the ork under contract to the commission. Manuel Costa, 30, and Jose DeSilva, 38, both olNewark, were overcome by the fumes and lay unconscious hside the 15-foot-deep manhole, while other workers and poke and firefighters with breathing apparatus tried to rescue hem. Patrolman Thomas Hayes, 25, and firefighter Henry Coakley, 40, were able to reach Costa and DeSilva bit collapsed after the rescue, said Lt. Armando Fontoura, a folice department spokesman. Another worker, Frank Gonzalez, 39, of Paterson, was injured when he fell into the manhole, officials said.

Costa was pronounced dead at College Hospital. DeSilva, who was in a coma, was reported in critical condition yesterday at St. James Hospital in Newark, whee DeSilva was listed in fair condition. Hayes and Coakley wee -treated at College Hospital and released. Officials were uncertain what gas had caused the u-juries but said they doubted a sewerage gas like methant had overcome the men.

Police Director Hubert Williams said Friday that the strength of the fumes indicated there might be "some illegal dumping in this area." Commission inspectors constantly search for illegal dumping, Lawrence said. "But someone slipped through. I'm not sure of the nature of the substance." Williams questioned why the workers wore no gas masks or other safety equipment while doing the pipeline fork. 0 i 3 ft 4 SO VERY Cvgf'; A TOtr UUUNT A Sorry, no mail or phone. Please note: "Regularly" connotes Bamberger's regular day-in, day-out prices.

Originally" connotes Bamberger's original prices. Intermediate markdowns may have been taken. Sale ends Sunday. April 19. At all Bamberger stores except King of Prussia..

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