Cold Case File
Cherries Doe
On March 3, 2007, the torso of another woman, brutally stabbed and stuffed inside a suitcase, washed ashore in Mamaroneck.
On March 21, a leg was found off Cold Spring Harbor.
Later, on March 22, 2007, one of her leg bones and her right foot, with toenails only half-polished, were discovered among the rocks in Cold Spring Harbor, having washed up from the Long Island Sound, encased in a plastic bag. The rest of her remains have never been found. A tattoo was located on the torso found in a suitcase in Mamaroneck in 2007. One leg was later found on the Long Island property of James Dolan. A blood-soaked camisole was found with the torso.
Cherries Doe Case Overview
Case Overview
Cherries Doe Cold Case File
Unidentified woman recovered in Mamaroneck and Cold Spring Harbor in March 2007
March 3, 2007
- The torso of an unidentified woman was found inside a suitcase that washed ashore in Mamaroneck.
- The woman had been brutally stabbed.
- A tattoo was present on the torso.
- A blood-soaked camisole was found with the torso.
- A leg was found off Cold Spring Harbor.
- One of the woman’s leg bones and her right foot were discovered among rocks in Cold Spring Harbor.
- The remains had washed up from the Long Island Sound and were encased in a plastic bag.
- The right foot had toenails that were only half-polished.
- The rest of her remains have never been found.
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Cherries Doe Cold Case File
Cherries Doe
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- The only clues are what was found with the body: a black Protégé suitcase manufactured by InGear—sold exclusively at Wal-Mart
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- victim had a tattoo of two cherries on a stem above her right breast. Investigators say they believe the victim was a heavy-set Hispanic or light-skinned black woman, between 35 and 50 years old, about 5’4” to 5’6” tall and weighing 160-200 pounds.