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When mummified human remains were discovered inside of a 55-gallon drum stashed in the crawlspace of a Long Island home, Nassau County investigators had to work backwards to solve a mysterious murder case three decades in the making. The victim was a young, Latinx woman with an almost full-term pregnancy, but a search of missing persons reports filed over the years failed to find a match. Before they were able to identify the body as belonging to 27-year-old Reyna Marroquín, forensic analysts first figured out the approximate age of the barrel, and indicated a strong suspect. In 1999, dedicated detectives brought closure to a case that didn't receive the attention it deserved back in 1969, when the murder took place.

True Crime Headlines: 4:53
Woman in the Barrel: 9:23

Writing and research by Angelina Villeseche.

Original music and audio production by Louis Levesque.
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LINKS + SOURCES:

TV:
Forensic Files: A Voice from Beyond

Podcasts:
Nefarious New York - Reyna Marroquin

Criminally Listed Presents: Into the Killing - Reyna Marroquin

Straight Up Evil - Reyna Marroquin

https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/13/nyregion/suicide-adds-to-mystery-of-corpse-found-in-barrel.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/21/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-new-york-dead-woman-s-ex-boss-was-father-of-her-baby.html

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1999-09-14-9909131226-story.html

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2000-01-22-0001220143-story.html

https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/tag/howard-elkins/

https://truecrimemysteries.medium.com/reyna-marroquin-was-murdered-to-conceal-an-affair-with-her-employer-bdebb20d40a4

https://www.grunge.com/853513/the-tragic-story-of-reyna-marroquins-murder/

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