The location where Judith Ramona Veloz was last seen
This is the location where Judith Ramona Veloz was last seen.
It is situated on 30th Street, between 10th Avenue and 11th Avenue, in Manhattan, New York.
Veloz, who sometimes used the alias "Aries Jones," grew up in the Bronx. At the time of her disappearance, the 19-year-old was living in Edgewater, New Jersey.
The teenager was isolated from her family by a man who was more than twenty years her senior. After luring Veloz away from her relatives, he pressured her into becoming a sex worker in Manhattan.
Like many pimps, he also had other girls "working" for him.
This kind of boyfriend-turned-pimp dynamic is common in the sex trade. Loverboys (or Romeo pimps) are a specific type of human trafficker. These men build trust with vulnerable young women, seduce them, and then pressure or coerce them into the sex trade.
Although Veloz gave birth to the man's daughter, her circumstances did not change, as she was forced to continue working the streets.
Veloz frequently traveled from the couple's home in Edgewater, New Jersey, to work in this area.
She was last seen in the vicinity of 30th Street on March 3, 1993.
Although her family reported her disappearance to the NYPD, her case was not taken seriously. At the time, the authorities were reluctant to open missing persons cases for adults, especially those with links to the sex industry.
In October 2022, investigators from the Gilgo Beach task force uploaded Veloz's profile to the NamUs missing persons database. It is unclear whether they saw a potential connection to the case or simply realized she had not yet been entered into the system.
The teenager's profile was added in the same month that Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney publicly identified Gilgo Beach victim "Fire Island Jane Doe" as Karen Vergata.
Veloz was 5'4" and 110 lbs. She had hazel eyes and brown hair that was dyed strawberry blonde. Her right thigh had a tattoo of a woman leaning against a lamppost.
Anyone with information about her case should contact the New York State Troopers in Suffolk County at (631) 756-3300.
Note: A special thanks to @Catch_LISK on X, who researched many of the details included above.
Location
The address and GPS coordinates for the street are as follows:
Address
30th Street, Manhattan, New York, NY 10001, USA
GPS Coordinates
40.752689, -74.002470
40°45'09.68"N 74°00'08.89"W
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Area Information
It is situated in the Hudson Yards neighborhood on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan.
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