How a diner meet-up helped solve a girl’s murder
Twenty years after Minerliz’s death, a police strategy produced a vital clue.
From The Times
April 14, 2026

In 1999, a 13-year-old girl was found dead in the Bronx. Then the trail went cold for 20 years, until an ingenious plan by detectives produced a vital clue about her killer.

A woman holds a framed photo of a teenage girl.

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A diner meet-up cracked the case. →

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