Rahway murder of 1887 | |
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| Born | 1865 (approximate) |
| Status | Unidentified for 137 years, 7 months and 16 days |
| Died | March 24 or 25, 1887 (aged 18-22) |
| Cause of death | Homicide by sharp and blunt force |
| Body discovered | March 25, 1887 |
| Resting place | Rahway Cemetery |
| Other names | The Unknown Woman The Rahway Girl Rahway Jane Doe |
| Height | Approximately 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
The Rahway murder of 1887 is the murder of an unidentified young woman whose body was found in Rahway, New Jersey on March 25, 1887. She is also known as the Unknown Woman or the Rahway Jane Doe.
Four brothers traveling to work at the felt mills by Bloodgood's Pond in Clark, New Jersey early one morning found the young woman lying off Central Avenue near Jefferson Avenue several hundred feet from the Central Avenue Bridge over the Rahway River.[1] Her body lay at the side of the road in a pool of blood that had frozen in the cold. Her throat had been cut twice from ear to ear, her hands were wounded, and the entire right side of her face was extensively bruised from a severe beating.[2]
"Also present was a bloodstained jackknife with a tortoiseshell handle that was clearly the murder weapon."[3]
The footprints surrounding her body were said to be "huge."[4]
- ^ admin (2015-03-14). "History". Rahway Police Department. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ^ "1211UFNJ". www.doenetwork.org. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ^ "Rahway's Unknown Woman in Green".
- ^ Peter Genovese, New Jersey Curiosities, page 62-63 (2011).