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The Coral-Painted Hand: How a Nail Polish Solved a Cold Murder

A vivid coral-pink nail polish survived at least four months underwater on a separated hand found under 15 centimeters of brown water in Pellier State State on September 11, 1983 - a preservation Dr. Elliot Pham called "unexplained preservation." How did a sealed vial in an Albany freezer and a granddaughter's consumer DNA test finally close a thirty-eight-year gap?

In this episode, we tell how a missing woman from Elmont and an unidentified Jane Doe in Pellier State remained unconnected for decades, and how evidence preserved in a glass vial met modern DNA matching to raise the question: could a routine health search solve a cold murder?

Person: Monica Anne Sawyer
Date: May 1983 (disappearance)
Location: Clover Hill Road, Elmont (apartment)
Case: Jane Doe, Pellier State, found September 11, 1983
Evidence: Sealed glass vial with nail scrapings stored October 1983 in Albany freezer

- The hand was found under 15 centimeters of brown water by birdwatcher Neil Marshall on September 11, 1983.
- State forensic pathologist Dr. Elliot Pham estimated the body had been submerged since spring or early summer 1983.
- Monica Sawyer was born in 1943, divorced in 1970, and her daughter Sandra was born in 1964.
- Monica disappeared in late May 1983 with her purse on the kitchen table and her car in the driveway; no signs of struggle were reported.
- A sealed glass vial containing nail scrapings from the autopsy was placed in an Albany freezer in October 1983 and remained there until 2020 when a descendant uploaded DNA results to a genealogy database.

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