Cold Cases in Rochester, New York
ColdCaseIndex documents 2 cases in Rochester, New York, dated 1971 to 1984. 1 is recorded as unsolved. The earliest is The Alphabet Murders (Double Initial Murders) (1971) and the most recent is Wendy Jerome (1984).
Status of the 2 cases
- Unsolved 1 (50%)
- Solved or convicted 1 (50%)
By type
All 2 cases
Conviction
1984
Wendy Jerome
Fourteen-year-old Wendy Jerome was raped and murdered on Thanksgiving night, November 22, 1984, after leaving her Rochester, New York home to deliver a birthday card to a friend; her body was found in an alcove at School No.
Unsolved
1971
The Alphabet Murders (Double Initial Murders)
Three young girls whose first and last names shared the same initial were separately abducted, sexually assaulted, and strangled near Rochester, New York, between 1971 and 1973.