Friday, August 10, 1978: The body of Nyack resident Amy Stafford was discovered in a wooded area off Gobel Road in New City shortly after 6:30 in the morning. Stafford was last seen alive about three hours earlier walking west on Main Street in Nyack. Residents along Gobel Road hear screaming, but never notified Clarkstown Police. The 27-year-old woman was stabbed three times in the heart. Police theorize she knew her killer, and was murdered by a boyfriend or close acquaintance. Stafford was known to the Nyack Police as a few days before her murder she was arrested with two friends for disorderly conduct. Police could not discover how she came to be found in New City. From evidence at the scene and reports of the neighbors, police believe she driven to New City in a truck. However, they were never able to locate anyone who saw Stafford leave Nyack. Her murder is unsolved and her killer or killers also remain at large.
Friday, August 10, 1978: The body of Nyack resident Amy Stafford was discovered in a wooded area off Gobel Road in New City shortly after 6:30 in the morning. Stafford was last seen alive about three hours earlier walking west on Main Street in Nyack. Residents along Gobel Road hear screaming, but never notified Clarkstown Police. The 27-year-old woman was stabbed three times in the heart. Police theorize she knew her killer, and was murdered by a boyfriend or close acquaintance. Stafford was known to the Nyack Police as a few days before her murder she was arrested with two friends for disorderly conduct. Police could not discover how she came to be found in New City. From evidence at the scene and reports of the neighbors, police believe she driven to New City in a truck. However, they were never able to locate anyone who saw Stafford leave Nyack. Her murder is unsolved and her killer or killers also remain at large.
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