On March 21, 1973 the bodies of 19-year-old Janine Marie Ligotino and 17-year-old Ann Arceneaux were found in a vacant lot in Gainesville, Florida. Both young women had been stabbed to death; the brutal nature of the killings shocked the local community and produced few solid leads at the time. Janine was born July 29, 1955, in Kingston, New York, and was later buried in Saint Charles Borromeo Cemetery in Gardiner, Ulster County, New York.

Years after the murders, Gerald Eugene Stano, who was arrested in 1980 and later convicted of multiple murders, confessed to the killings of Janine Ligotino and Ann Arceneaux. Stano was sentenced to death and executed in 1998. The confession linked Janine’s death to a broader string of violent crimes spanning several states.

Does anyone have memories or information about Janine’s life in Florida before March 1973 that could add context to this case?