NY authorities seek help in solving 1991 killing of Clifton woman, locating daughter

More than 30 years after a Clifton woman was found bludgeoned and strangled to death on Staten Island, authorities from New York are turning to the...

March 23, 2023
1:28 AM

More than 30 years after a Clifton woman was found bludgeoned and strangled to death on Staten Island, authorities from New York are turning to the public to help catch her killer and locate her now-34-year-old daughter, who has been missing since her mother's brutal slaying. Christine Belusko spent decades known to detectives only by her conspicuous tattoo of a scorpion ― another Jane Doe among New York City's cold cases ― but a media flurry and relentless efforts by Richmond County investigators led to naught as DNA and dental records failed to produce results.

Nicholas Katzban