Overview

• Nassau County police named the victim as 15-year-old Susan Mann of Hollis, Queens, identified through the FBI’s Investigative Genetic Genealogy program.
• Her remains were found on Nov. 4, 1982 in a dumpster behind Cantor Glass Works in Freeport, along with a blue-and-yellow striped jacket and two 14‑karat gold pendants, one opal and one with a letter K.
• The body was exhumed in 2023 for advanced DNA testing, and the FBI lab matched her DNA to samples from her sisters in March, investigators said.
• Detectives believe she was killed shortly after her 1980 disappearance, initially buried elsewhere, then moved to the Freeport dumpster in 1982.
• The homicide investigation remains active with no suspects announced, and the reward for tips leading to an arrest has been raised to $25,000.