The Tragic Unsolved 1982 Murder Of Tina Foglia

Tina Foglia was 19 years old when she was killed after leaving a rock show at a Long Island venue, and was last seen leaving the club in the early morning hours of February 1, 1982. In 2017, Foglia’s sister Amy Foglia Gagliardi told the New York news outlet PIX11, whoever killed her sister,” … cut her arms and legs off — put arms in one bag, legs in another, and her torso in another.” As far as motive, investigator Simon Ocampo said (via PIX11), they believe the crime was “a sexual assault and a subsequent homicide to cover up the crime.” 

The women Heuermann was charged with killing were all sex workers and were dismembered and disposed of in a similar fashion. Foglia is just one of 17 unexplained deaths on Long Island, suggesting LISK may have been active earlier than once thought. If it was Heuermann, who was 59 at the time of his arrest, he would have been around 18 years old in 1982. He also told once said in an interview that he was “born and raised on Long Island” (via YouTube).

When she was found dead, Foglia’s ex-boyfriend, male friends, and even band members who performed that night were interviewed. Despite the risk, Foglia was known to hitchhike, and she was also in a new relationship with a doctor, her sister said. She never told her sister his name, though. “He took her out a couple of times. She said she really liked him a lot,” her sister told PIX11. 

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