Body Belongs to Woman Missing for Decades
A body found buried at an Albany construction site has been identified as that of a woman missing for more than 57 years, police said.
Construction workers excavating a vacant lot Friday uncovered a 55-gallon drum containing the body of Emma Moccio, 71. Police believe she was killed by her husband, who had worked at a marble business that once stood on the lot.
An autopsy found that Moccio had been strangled, Albany Police Det. James Miller said.
Moccio disappeared Nov. 17, 1946, as police were looking for her husband, Ralph, in the shooting of a co-worker. Investigators identified the woman by a bracelet she was wearing engraved with her maiden name.
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