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Sep 2023
37m 52s

Christine & Christa Belusko // 341

Dark West Productions
About this episode

In September of 1991, a 30-year-old woman vanished from a lodge in Pennsylvania. Although she was found shortly after, badly beaten, strangled, and burned on a beach in New York, it took 30 years to identify her body. And when police did, it only deepened the mystery, because, as it turns out, her young daughter is still missing. This is the story of Christine Belusko, and her daughter Christa.


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CASE SOURCES

1. The Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/christa-nicole-belusko

2. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/251014948/christine-belusko/photo

3. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/l4hbg6/staten_island_jane_doe_unnamed_for_nearly_30_years/

4. Sun Gazette: https://www.sungazette.com/news/top-news/2018/11/groves-ex-wife-talks-about-case-after-27-years/

5. ABC 7 Chicago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGQ8dU7bJDg

6. The Herald-News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/942886246/?terms=%22christine%20belusko%22

7. ABC 7 Chicago: https://abc7chicago.com/christine-belusko-missing-girl-mother-killed-christa-nicole/13000774/#:~:text=Investigators%20have%20identified%20the%20woman,seen%20in%20over%2030%20years.

8. Daily News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/492078907/?terms=%22susan%20dalton%22&match=1

9. SI Live: https://www.silive.com/news/erry-2018/12/5d03d1bfc05988/body-found-in-woods-recalls-un.html

10. Sun Gazette: https://www.sungazette.com/news/top-news/2018/11/groves-ex-wife-talks-about-case-after-27-years/

11. ABC 7 Chicago: https://abc7chicago.com/christine-belusko-missing-girl-mother-killed-christa-nicole/13000774/#:~:text=Investigators%20have%20identified%20the%20woman,seen%20in%20over%2030%20years.

12. Unidentified: https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Christine_Belusko

13. Frank's Obituary: https://www.newjerseyhills.com/frank-a-belusko-78-of-montville/article_f9206f29-eee8-52f1-907b-8bd15d7d0fff.html

14. Daily Record: https://www.newspapers.com/article/121394005/obituary-for-dorothy-c-belusko/

15. KIRO 7: https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/girl-with-scorpion-tattoo-identified-31-years-after-her-murder/TAKTDQYZOVATPOUQDZHUHYR5GM/

16. Staten Island Advance: https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/c09241b8-c2b0-4189-a3c1-0f528591e3dd/downloads/Staten%20Island%20Advance%20-%20November%207%2C%201991.pdf?ver=1566347465590

17. The Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/katherine-dolan-heckel

18. The NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/nyregion/scorpion-girl-christine-buloski-staten-island.html

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