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Patsy Diane Vineyard was a 20-year-old White woman who vanished from Sackets Harbor, New York, in the spring of 1987. Investigators believe she was killed on May 15, 1987; her husband reported her missing on May 21 when he returned and could not find her. Her body was later recovered from the water near Sackets Harbor and she was found to have been strangled and sexually assaulted. Some reports place the dumping point in the nearby Black River, which feeds into Lake Ontario.

Early investigation focused on Fort Drum because soldiers moving through the area meant many people passed through town; numerous soldiers were questioned as investigators tried to reconstruct Patsy’s last known movements. Lesley Eugene Warren, a Fort Drum soldier later linked publicly to multiple killings, became associated with Patsy’s murder in news coverage, but she was not ultimately tried in New York in connection with her death.

Does anyone have information about Patsy’s last known contacts or movements in Sackets Harbor in May 1987?