FBI to exhume murdered woman made famous in Netflix show 50 years after her death
The story of Joyce Malecki, 20, became well known after true crime show The Keepers was released on Netflix.
The FBI is set to unearth the body of Joyce Malecki - 50 years after her death.
The 20-year-old's tragic story gained notoriety through the lens of the gripping Netflix documentary "The Keepers," which delved into the unsettling question of whether her vanishing was tied to the brutal killing of nun Cathy Cesnik.
Investigators made the unprecedented decision to exhume Malecki's remains. The young woman, who disappeared while Christmas shopping and was later discovered lifeless on a nearby military base, had been strangled to death.
"The Keepers," released in 2017, shed new light on Malecki's cold case, thrusting it back into the public eye and casting a shadow of doubt over the connection between her disappearance and the brutal slaying of Sister Cathy Cesnik.
The nun's lifeless body, bearing signs of blunt force trauma, was found after a fateful shopping trip that mirrored Malecki's last moments.
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Speculation arose that Sister Cesnik, aware of Father Joseph Maskell's alleged sexual abuse of students, may have paid the ultimate price for her knowledge.
While Maskell's exhumation in 2017 failed to yield a breakthrough, the mysteries surrounding Malecki's death took an unexpected turn earlier this year.
Authorities, armed with cutting-edge DNA technology and genealogy research, cracked another cold case from the same era: the strangulation of 16-year-old Pamela Conyers, who vanished from the same shopping mall as Malecki in 1970.
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However, officials maintained that there was no evidence linking him to Malecki or Cesnik. Investigators are now gearing up to extract DNA from Malecki's long-buried remains.
Kurt Wolfgang, the executive director of the Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center, revealed that the purpose of the exhumation remains shrouded in mystery. However, he speculated that the timing might suggest a potential link to Williams.
Wolfgang, whose non-profit organization has been supporting the Malecki family, emphasized their desire to unravel the truth. He said: "Even though it was 54 years ago, it would certainly help them to know what happened.”
The exhumation will happen on Thursday and promises a glimpse into past crime.
