who is she? And why didn't anyone look for her?
It's been more than two weeks since the body of an unidentified white woman was discovered on the grounds of a historic park. Vanderbilt Mansion Police have released photos to help solve the mystery of what they called a “suspicious” death in Hyde Park, New York.
On December 6, police found the body of a woman, believed to be in her 50s or 60s, lying “prone” on the east bank of the Hudson River just south of Bird Rock, a vast area about 90 miles north of Manhattan. Discovered by a hiker. The Dutchess County Coroner stated: According to the National Park Service.
“The body was not on National Park Service property, and state investigators do not believe the death occurred on National Park Service property,” the agency added.
She was 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighed approximately 112 pounds, and had brown eyes and gray hair. State police said no scars or tattoos were found on the woman's body.
Rhinebeck State Police and the Hyde Park Police Department are investigating.
Anyone with information regarding the missing elderly woman in the Hyde Park area is asked to contact Detective Filippini at 845-677-7300 and reference case number NY2400970235.
The lush 211-acre historic site includes gardens, greenhouses, farms, sports pavilions, guest cottages, and a 54-room Beaux Arts mansion. It was one of several properties owned by Frederick William Vanderbilt, scion of the prominent Vanderbilt family, and his wife Louise Holmes Anthony. According to NPS.
Vanderbilt Mansion is one of the oldest Hudson River mansions in the area.
Designed and constructed between 1896 and 1899, the Vanderbilt Mansion was home to some of the finest New Yorkers for nearly two centuries.
The house and grounds represent “the domestic ideals of the American elite in the late 19th century.” “It offers a glimpse into real estate life, the social classes of the time, and the world of America's millionaires during what historians call the Gilded Age,” the website says.
