The Murder of Reyna Marroquín

Reyna Marroquín was a young Salvadoran immigrant living in New York when she went missing in 1969. Thirty years later, police investigated a body found in a barrel, leading to the unraveling of the long-unsolved case.

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Sources:



https://www.cbsnews.com/news/missing-for-30-years/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-clue-in-the-drum/

Forensic Files, S5E4, “A Voice from Beyond”

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215199418/reyna_angelica-marroquin

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/244038984/ercillia_marroquin

https://www.nydailynews.com/2020/10/18/justice-story-mystery-of-the-mummified-woman-found-stuffed-in-a-drum/

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2000/01/22/dna-links-suicide-to-killing/

https://archive.is/4ZvHW

https://web.archive.org/web/20140303152912/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-09-30/news/9909290806_1_barrel-el-salvador-howard-elkins

https://www.nydailynews.com/1999/09/30/woman-in-barrel-idd-30-year-old-murder-mystery/

https://archive.is/niAsB

https://www.newspapers.com/image/714318663/?match=1&terms=body%20in%20the%20drum

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https://www.newspapers.com/image/727594749/?terms=body%20in%20the%20drum

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https://www.newspapers.com/image/727594749/?terms=body%20in%20the%20drum

https://www.newspapers.com/image/727231122/?match=1&terms=Reyna%20Marroquin

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