In 2003, construction workers in Hell’s Kitchen, New York, discovered a concrete tomb hidden in the basement of a run-down building. Inside were the remains of a young woman, hogtied with pantyhose and electrical cords, this gruesome scene was more than shocking—it was deeply calculated. It took more than two decades for investigators to identify her as 16-year-old Patricia McGlone, who was last seen in 1969. But despite finally giving her a name, her killer remains at large. Now, police are asking for your help to find the person responsible and bring Patricia the justice she’s been denied for far too long.If you know anything about Patricia McGlone or the circumstances of her murder, please contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. Patricia’s childhood home was located at 375 52nd Street in Brooklyn, New York. She went to the following schools:P.S. 94, 5010 6th Ave, Brooklyn: Attended 1959 - 1963Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, 5902 6th Ave, Brooklyn: Attended Sept. 9, 1963 – 1966St Michael School, 4222 Fourth Ave, Brooklyn: Attended Sept. 12, 1966 – December 1968I.S. 136 Charles O. Dewey Junior High School, 4004 4th Ave, Brooklyn: Attended Dec. 3, 1968 - May 7, 1969 You can learn more about The Good segment and even submit a story of your own by visiting The Good page on our website! Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: crimejunkiepodcast.com/identified-midtown-jane-doe/Did you know you can listen to this episode ad-free? Join the Fan Club! Visit crimejunkie.app/library/ to view the current membership options and policies.The Crime Junkie Merch Store is NOW OPEN! Shop the exclusive Life Rule #10 Tour collection before it’s gone for good! Don’t miss your chance - visit the store now! Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie!Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast | @audiochuckTwitter: @CrimeJunkiePod | @audiochuckTikTok: @crimejunkiepodcastFacebook: /CrimeJunkiePodcast | /audiochuckllcCrime Junkie is hosted by Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat. Instagram: @ashleyflowers | @britprawatTwitter: @Ash_Flowers | @britprawatTikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkieFacebook: /AshleyFlowers.AF Text Ashley at 317-733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!
Who was the Midtown Jane Doe and how was she discovered?
Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers. And I'm Britt. And the story I have for you today is about a gruesome discovery in a New York City basement, one that set off an investigation weaving together threads that you would never expect to find in a single case. A shadowy suspect. A tangled family tree filled with deception. An iconic rock club.
The September 11 attacks mob shakedowns tied to a gangster who would later find fame on The Sopranos. Like you name it, it is in this case. And at the heart of it all is a teenage girl and the decades-long mission to restore her identity. But even though she finally has her name back, justice still remains out of reach. And police need your help to find out what really happened to her.
This is the story of a woman who for more than two decades was known only as the Midtown Jane Doe. It's Monday afternoon, February 10th, 2003, and construction workers are clearing debris from a basement of a rundown five-story building on West 46th Street in Midtown Manhattan, a neighborhood known as Hell's Kitchen.
Now, this place is in pretty bad shape, and the only reason the workers are even down there is because the restaurant next door arranged to rent part of the basement just for storage. So they're doing their thing when one of them notices something weird in the corner behind this old boiler.
It's this big rectangular concrete slab, like six feet wide, five feet long, taller than your standard cinder block. And it looks just all kinds of wrong. Like it definitely doesn't belong here. And in a place like New York where lifers have seen it all, that is saying something. So a worker takes a sledgehammer to this thing.
And instead of the solid thud that you would expect to hear when you like hit concrete, there is this echoing sound that tells them it's hollow inside. And with the blow, the cement starts breaking apart until they see brown fabric poking through. And when they pull on it, a human skull starts popping out.
Now, the worker notifies the NYPD, and Detective Gerard Gardner, who just started his shift and is next up in rotation to catch a case, heads straight to the scene. Now, he knows right away that this is not going to be a routine investigation. New York City has more than its fair share of homicides, don't get me wrong, but cases involving skeletal remains are rare here.
So he calls in the city medical examiner's forensic anthropologist, and when they dig through that concrete to the dirt below... They find a skeleton like curled up in the fetal position, all wrapped up in a rust colored carpet.
This was literally a concrete coffin.
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