In August of 1972, a 16-year-old girl went missing in New Jersey. Although police initially insisted she had run away, her body was found six weeks later at the top of a cliff near an abandoned quarry. Due to the disturbing and controversial scene in which her body was discovered, her death was ruled a homicide, and some suspect she was actually a ritual sacrifice for demonic activity. This is the story of Jeannette DePalma.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Weird NJ: https://weirdnj.com/stories/mystery-history/jeannette-depalma/

2. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245014849/jeannette-christine-depalma

3. Justice for Jeannette: https://justiceforjeannette.com/

4. Justice for Jeannette Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForJeannetteDePalma

5. Change.org Petition: https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-jeannette-depalma-change-from-suspicious-death-to-a-homicide?fbclid=IwAR0ZLoL_g9kxObdjWRaEBWQYIofr0hSIsCbUyuQ911qHitDsv-U1q95m0-U

6. Newsbreak: https://original.newsbreak.com/@justice-for-jeannette-depalma-1598264/2712062446301-miracle-letter-unites-community-in-prayer-vigil-for-50-year-old-cold-case?s=ws_fb&fbclid=IwAR2TMKUPbj1HDE0Q0RmEE4kJkBjie0KHNPXtMBkM_G36ES_6-HCgkVui78E

7. The Central New Jersey Home News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/596954021/?terms=jeannette%20depalma&match=1

8. The Courier-News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/221973200/?terms=jeannette%20depalma&match=1

9. Daily News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/465627644/?terms=jeannette%20depalma&match=1

10. My Central Jersey: https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/cold-cases/2019/08/23/nj-cold-case-jeannette-depalma-springfield-1972-watchung-reservation/1889140001/

11. People: https://people.com/crime/new-jersey-serial-killer-torso-killer-pleads-guilty-to-1974-cold-case-murders-of-2-teenage-friends/

12. The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-jersey-student-jeanette-depalma-murder-has-links-to-witchcraft-devil-worship-and-a-serial-killer

13. The Journal News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/163129349/?terms=jeannette%20depalma%20satanic&match=1

14. Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/who-were-the-victims-of-the-times-square-killer#:~:text=In%201967%2C%20Cottingham%20killed%20Nancy,with%20friends%20but%20never%20returned.

15. NJ.com: https://www.nj.com/union/2021/02/satanic-theories-in-1972-death-of-16-year-old-girl-debunked-in-newly-revealed-cold-case-police-files.html

16. Sportskeeda: https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/where-richard-cottingham-now-whereabouts-explored-ahead-very-scary-people-id

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