Montauk Mary Identified After 48 Years

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share through email Published 1 day ago Last updated 18 hours ago Capt. Gregory Martin, left, and Detective Sgt. Frank Sokolowski of the East Hampton Town Police Department at a press conference Thursday in Brentwood. Leigh Goodstein By Leigh Goodstein November 12, 2026 Her name was Sofia Margherita Marrone, but many know her simply as Montauk Mary, who up until Thursday was an unidentified murder victim found in Montauk in 1978. Her murder is now thought to be connected to a New Jersey serial killer. Ms. Marrone was officially identified by Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney at a press conference Thursday at the county's police academy in Brentwood. The Cold Case Unit of the D.A.'s office took advantage of resources from a grant program for identifying missing and unidentified remains, using advances in genetic genealogy sequencing for the identification. A resident of Pleasantville, N.J., before she died, Ms. Marrone was born on Jan.

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