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The beach where Fire Island Jane Doe was found

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This is the location where Fire Island Jane Doe was discovered.

Her partial remains were found on the shoreline of Blue Point Beach on Fire Island, New York.

FIJD is believed to be the first known victim of the Long Island serial killer (LISK).

At around 5.30 p.m. on April 20th, 1996, seasonal residents Robert and Andrew Ragona were walking along Blue Point Beach when they happened across a pair of severed legs.

The legs, which belonged to a female, were protruding from a black plastic bag that was floating in the water.

The Ragona brothers made the gruesome discovery about one mile west of Davis Park.

According to the police, the victim was a white woman who had red-painted toenails and multiple scars on her legs.

It is likely that her killer dismembered her body in an attempt to hinder her identification.

At the time of her death, she was between the ages of 18 and 50.

Her right leg had three scars:

- A three 1/2 inch scar on the lateral mid-leg area.

- A one-inch linear scar on the lateral mid-to-lower leg.

- A half-inch scar on the inside of her ankle.

The woman's left leg also had a two-inch surgical scar with adjacent suture scars on the left ankle. This suggests that she may have undergone ankle surgery and received stitches in the past.

In December of 2010, a large-scale search was launched after the police discovered the remains of four sex workers at a site on Gilgo Beach.

Four months later, investigators uncovered a human skull near Tobay Beach.

Shortly afterwards, DNA tests confirmed that the skull belonged to Fire Island Jane Doe, whose severed legs had been found on Blue Point Beach fifteen years earlier.

Sadly, like Peaches, the identity of this victim is still unknown.

Where was Fire Island Jane Doe found?

Below, you will find the address and the GPS coordinates for this location.

GPS coordinates

The latitude and longitude coordinates for the beach are:

40.679337, -73.021226

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Address

The full address for this location is:

Blue Point Beach
Fire Island
New York
NY 11772
United States

Directions

The two men made the discovery about one mile west of Davis Park, on the north side of the island. The beach is roughly 300 feet north of Center Walk.

Photos

Photos of the beach and other related images.

LISK dumped Fire Island Jane Doe's remains at two separate sites

The Long Island serial killer hindered Fire Island Jane Doe's identity by dismembering her remains and dumping them in multiple locations.

Because the woman's legs were discovered on a beach that has very limited vehicle access, it is likely that he didn't physically place them there himself.

For example, if the bag was thrown into the bay at another location, it could have easily drifted along until the tide washed it ashore.

Notably, the Great South Bay Bridge is 13 miles to the west of Blue Point Beach.

Given the fact that the woman's skull was found on Tobay Beach, it seems possible that the killer threw the bag off this bridge while he was driving back to the mainland.

Fire Island Jane Doe's arms and torso have never been found. Therefore, it is possible that there is another undiscovered dump site on Long Island.

Fire Island

This aerial image of Blue Point Beach on Fire Island was taken in 1997, roughly one year after the remains were discovered.

The red arrow is pointing towards the general area where the two men spotted the bag.

Great South Bay Bridge

This aerial image highlights the location of the Great South Bay Bridge. As you can see, it sits halfway between the two sites and connects Jonas Beach Island with the mainland.

Judging by Google Street View images, this bridge isn't particularly busy.

If it was after nightfall, he would have had more than enough time to slow down and toss the bag over the rails.

Blue Point Beach

The News 12 network interviewed Robert and Andrew Ragona at the spot where they found the victim's legs.

The two brothers were walking along Blue Point Beach when they saw a black bag with a bone sticking out of it. Thinking that it might be a deer, they decided to fish the bag out of the water and place it on a plank of wood.

However, once they opened it, they saw a human thigh bone and painted toenails.

The Ragona brothers were of the opinion that the bag floated in from across the bay. In their experience, stuff regularly drifts across from the mainland.

Robert and Andrew Ragona

Image source: News 12

Robert and Andrew Ragona were walking along the beach on a sunny day in April of 1996 when they spotted the bag.

"As soon as we opened the bag, we saw a red toenail sticking through. When we opened it a little more, there was a whole foot."

The police arrived at the scene within 30 minutes.

Long Island serial killer

Following the discovery, the SCPD told the media:

"We're looking into missing persons in both Suffolk and Nassau counties. At this particular point in time, there doesn't seem to be anyone in Suffolk County."

Although nobody knew it at the time, these severed legs were the first sign of the existence of the Long Island serial killer.

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