Lauren Marquez was 28 when she was killed after an encounter on April 2, 1993, in Manhattan. She was working along Second Avenue when Joel David Rifkin picked her up; the meeting ended near the Manhattan Bridge in a violent struggle. Reports describe strangulation and injuries consistent with a brutal assault before she was left for dead.

Her disappearance was initially unresolved; remains later identified as hers were recovered on June 29, 1993, in the Long Island Central Pine Barrens in Suffolk County and formally identified on August 21, 1993. Rifkin’s arrest followed a June 28, 1993, traffic stop in Manhattan that led investigators to link him to multiple murders from 1989 to 1993. He was later prosecuted in cases that included Marquez’s killing and received consecutive prison terms that will keep him incarcerated for life.

If anyone knew Lauren, saw her on April 2, 1993, or has information about her last movements in Manhattan, please come forward.