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Laura Parker was a quiet 14 year old girl, who lived with her parents in Lindenhurst, New York. She had been in choir, active in church, and a softball player at her high school. She disappeared on May 25, 1984, but most people believed that she was a runaway. Laura’s parents knew better and wondered where she was, searching everywhere. Four months later, her remains were discovered a few miles from her family home. Her killer has never been found. Around the same time, three other young girls fell victim to disappearances/murders in the same area and it is believed that Laura could be connected to these cases. Sixteen-year-old Theresa Fusco, fifteen-year-old Kelly Morrisey, and nineteen-year-old Jacqueline Martarella were all predicted to have been taken from walking down the same road.

Laura Parker’s story is a tragic one, because her community wasn’t helpful at the time of her disappearance, and many of the students at the high school were unwilling to talk to the police. There were a great deal of conspiracy theories surrounding her case, and rumors flying around about what had happened to the young teen. People claimed that she had overdosed, while others claimed she was murdered. The police said it was natural causes. But what truly happened to young Laura Parker? It is nearly the fortieth anniversary of Laura’s death, and there are still so many questions surrounding her death.

This is an unsolved murder that is currently under investigation. If you have any information for police please contact the Suffolk County Police Department at:
(631) 852-6000. If you are a part of her high school class, please get in touch with them!
For a Map of the Area, Click here:
https://uncovered.com/cases/laura-parker

Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/21/nyregion/murders-that-torment-those-left-to-mourn.html
https://medium.com/@Charlie_OBrien/the-tragic-unsolved-murder-of-laura-parker-41ab57815d12
https://www.docdroid.net/82UX3iX/newsdaydemoretcky2188-painful-memories-of-teens-death-pdf
https://www.docdroid.net/OO53D6o/newsdayslackman571991-worse-than-murder-itself-pdf#page=3

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