Tanya Rush was 39 when her dismembered body was found in a suitcase beside the Southern State Parkway in North Bellmore, New York. Her remains were discovered by highway maintenance workers on June 27, 2008. She had last been seen on June 23, 2008, leaving her home in the Van Dyke Houses in Brownsville, Brooklyn; surveillance footage captured her exit in the early morning hours.

A mother of three, Rush was known to be struggling with drug addiction and involved in sex work at the time of her death. Investigators described the crime as brutal and indicative of significant rage. Despite distribution of thousands of fliers and later offers of a reward, no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced and the case went cold.

Authorities have at times examined possible links between Rush’s murder and other Long Island victims because of similarities in victim background and body disposal, but no definitive connection has been established. Did anyone in the Brooklyn or Long Island area see Tanya between June 23 and June 27, 2008, or have information that could help solve her murder?