The identity of the young woman known only as “Granby Girl” for decades after she was discovered dead in the woods in Granby, Massachusetts, has been revealed, and her son is grateful to the authorities for “never giving up on her.”
According to the first assistant Northwestern District Attorney Steven Gagne, the woman had been exposed to the elements for at least a few months before her remains were found on Nov. 15, 1978. According to Gagne, she had been shot in the head, and her death was classified as a homicide.
According to Gagne, she was interred with a gravestone that read “Unknown” in a cemetery in Granby. Her identity remained a secret for many years. This year, Patricia Ann Tucker, who passed away at the age of 28, was identified as the “Granby Girl” by DNA, according to Gagne.
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Her DNA was sent to a Texas forensic lab in March 2022 in an effort to obtain a usable DNA sample and identify a living family, according to Gagne. The lab ultimately located a relative in January 2023. According to Gagne, this relative provided authorities with the names of her aunt’s two sons as well as information about how her aunt had vanished in the 1970s.
One of those sons, Matthew Dale, confirmed his mother, Patricia Tucker, vanished in 1978 when he was 5 years old after police spoke with him, according to Gagne. Dale’s parentage was also established through DNA, according to Gagne.
Dale said to the police that on August 8, 1978, Gerald Coleman, his mother’s new spouse, dropped him off at a friend’s house in Massachusetts. According to Gagne, he never saw his mother again and lost contact with Coleman. Gagne noted that shortly after that, authorities think she was killed.
Gagne stated, “We do not officially have probable cause to prosecute anyone with Patricia’s murder. The news conference on Monday is intended to “spark some further leads,” according to the authorities. At the very least, Coleman is “a person of considerable interest in Patricia’s disappearance and death,” according to Gagne.
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Coleman was found guilty of crimes like rape and assault in 1995, according to Gagne, and he passed away in jail in 1996. According to Gagne, Tucker wed Coleman in November 1977, and the two settled in East Hampton, Connecticut. Coleman has never reported his wife missing, according to Gagne. At the press conference, Dale thanked the audience for never giving up on her in a statement that Gagne read.
After 44 years, at least I now have some answers, he remarked. “It’s a lot to comprehend, but perhaps the closure can begin now.” Authorities, according to Gagne, are interested in speaking with anyone who knew Patricia Tucker at any point in her life, but particularly when she was Coleman’s wife.
DNA testing is being done on hairs that were found on her body, according to Gagne. Kevin O’Grady, the police chief for Granby, expressed his sympathies to Mrs. Tucker’s sons and family during the news conference. “Please get in touch with our department if you have any information, no matter what it might be.”
