Mary Beal, 61, a Yugoslavian native who worked as a translator and real estate broker, disappeared from her Norwood, Bronx, home on September 15, 1990. Neighbors who knew her for walking six dogs daily reported her missing when she failed to appear; an NYPD search turned up no immediate clues.

Three weeks later a passerby found a garbage bag leaking blood; two additional bags with human remains were recovered. DNA testing identified the dismembered body, which was missing its head and hands, as Mary Beal. The investigation produced few initial leads or witnesses.

Authorities eventually focused on a Montenegrin man who had lived in the U.S. under the name Smajo Džurlić, identified as Smail Tulja, who left the country after the murder. He was arrested in Montenegro in 2007, tried there for Beal’s killing, convicted in June 2010 and received a 12-year sentence; he died in February 2012. The FBI and NYPD have said he may be connected to other similar dismemberment cases in the U.S., Belgium and Albania.

If anyone knew Mary, her routines, or saw suspicious activity in Norwood around mid-September 1990, please share what might help this cold case.