On June 14, 2007, Rose Piechocki, 67, was found in a child’s swimming pool behind her home on South Ogden Street in Buffalo’s Lovejoy neighborhood. According to the Buffalo News, police announced four days later that her death was a homicide. More than 19 years later, I can’t find an arrest or a named suspect, and the public record doesn’t say how she died.

In this episode, I walk through who Rose was, the neighborhood once known as Iron Island, what was reported in the first days (including a 2007 reward and a comment about “persons of interest” that I could not fully confirm), what Buffalo was dealing with in 2007, and the long list of things we still don’t know. Nobody has been charged. Everything here is drawn from published sources, and anything unconfirmed is labeled as such.

Rose deserves answers.

If you have information, please contact:

• Buffalo Police TIPCALL Line: 716-847-2255 (call or text; anonymous online tips are also available through the City of Buffalo “Report a Tip” page)
• Buffalo Police Cold Case Squad: 716-851-4511
• Crime Stoppers of WNY: 716-867-6161 (anonymous), or crimestopperswny.org
• In an emergency, call 911.

Did you know Rose? I’d like to hear about her life, not just her death. Email voicesoftheforgottenpod@gmail.com or use the tip form at voicesoftheforgottenpod.com.

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