Cold Cases in Queens, New York

ColdCaseIndex documents 3 cases in Queens, New York, dated 1964 to 2013. 1 is recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Kitty Genovese (1964) and the most recent is Avonte Oquendo (2013).

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Status of the 3 cases
  • Unsolved 1 (33%)
  • Solved or convicted 2 (67%)

By type

2 Homicides1 Suspicious Deaths

All 3 cases

Unsolved 2013

Avonte Oquendo

Fourteen-year-old Avonte Oquendo, a nonverbal autistic student, walked out of his Long Island City, Queens, school on October 4, 2013. His remains were found along the East River in January 2014.

Queens Suspicious Death Age 14
Conviction 1965

Alice Crimmins

Eddie Crimmins Jr., 5, and his sister Alice Marie "Missy" Crimmins, 4, were reported missing from their Queens apartment on July 14, 1965, and were found dead five days apart.

Queens Homicide
Conviction 1964

Kitty Genovese

Kitty Genovese, 28, was stabbed to death near her apartment in Kew Gardens, Queens, early on March 13, 1964. Winston Moseley confessed, was convicted of murder that June and died in prison in 2016.

Queens Homicide Age 28

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