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Authorities have finally identified the remains of a New York City teenager coined "Midtown Jane Doe," after her grisly murder spawned a decadeslong cold case investigation. A recent breakthrough owed to advanced forensics linked her DNA to the mother of a woman killed on 9/11. Jane Doe was identified as Patricia Kathleen McGlone, who was just 16 at the time of her death and had previously lived and attended school in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. Investigators believe she was murdered during the latter half of 1969, or, potentially, at some point in early 1970, said Detective Ryan Glas...

NORFOLK Four Community Services Board [1] executives and an assistant who knew an employee was collecting a salary with benefits for 12 years without showing up for work have been fired or forced to resign, the head of the agency said Friday. The agency is turning over its findings to the FBI, state and city police for their investigations, CSB Executive Director Maureen Womack said. The agency found no evidence that other staffers collected any of the money Jill McGlone received, Womack said. No additional firings are expected for now. Depending on additional evidence found by law enforcement agents, there...

Lance Corporal Randall K. McGlone was an Artillery Scout Observer with Company L, Third Battalion, First Marines, Ninth Marine Amphibious Brigade. In 1968 his unit was deployed along the Cua Viet River, a key supply route which linked the South China Sea with Dong Ha. From the air base at Dong Ha, supplies were shipped to Khe Sanh. The following account is from McGlone’s 1992 autobiographical book, Guts and Glory, and describes an incident which took place when Lima Company were defending positions around the village of Mai Xai Ti, from almost continuous attack by North Vietnamese Army regulars. ---------------------------------------------------------...