Denise Hart,(body Found) missing 11/11/07 Schenectady, NY

[packy]

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=677410&category=&BCCode=&newsdate=4/2/2008

O'Brien said children first spotted the remains Tuesday afternoon and reported it to adult thinking it might be an animal. It was only after police arrived, that the remains were found to be human.

The remains were found in a wooded patch just off a driveway behind an apartment building which backs up to Route 378.

Police are comparing the remains with known missing persons cases, including the November disappearance of Washington County youth Jaliek Rainwalker and the December disappearance of Joshua Szostak, a Latham man who was last seen outside an Albany bar.

[Nut44x4]

Decomposed Body Still Unidentified ..... but this says 'woman'.
http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/decomposed_1254416___article.html/body_authorities.html

[packy]

Thanks for the update, Nut44X4. Also found this article. http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=677410&category=&BCCode=&newsdate=4/2/2008

MENANDS -- Police are trying to determine whether a dismembered female body found behind an apartment house is the remains of a woman who disappeared from Schenectady last year, according to multiple law enforcement officials familiar with the case.

Denise Hart, 43, was last seen at about 7 a.m. Nov. 11 as she left a Schenectady group home where she worked with developmentally disabled adults. Investigators found blood when they searched Hart's apartment in Schenectady's Wade Lupe Townhouses late last year. Her mattress was also missing.

[Nut44x4]

Police agencies coordinate 'Jane Doe' case
Investigators seeking information from public on dismembered woman

By JORDAN CARLEO-EVANGELIST, Staff writer
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First published: Friday, April 4, 2008

MENANDS -- Investigators from several police agencies have set up a leads desk at Colonie police headquarters to steer the probe into the dismembered female remains found earlier this week on Clifford Road.
Anyone who may have information pertinent to the investigation -- police are calling the victim "Jane Doe" -- is urged to contact police at 783-2744, Menands Police Chief Michael O'Brien said.

Detectives will wait for the results of DNA testing sent to the State Police labs in hopes of identifying the middle-age black woman, whose head, hands and feet had been removed.

Those test results could take up to two weeks. But, meanwhile, police will continue to work other aspects of the investigation, O'Brien said.

Menands police have not publicly speculated on the victim's identity, but people familiar with the investigation have said authorities are examining whether the remains be those of a missing Schenectady woman, Denise Hart.

Hart, then 43, was last seen in Schenectady leaving work on Keyes Avenue Nov. 11. When police first visited Hart's home at the Wade Lupe Townhouses on Nov. 28, they found blood and discovered that Hart's mattress was missing.

Wrapped in a plastic bag, the remains were found by children playing behind 52 Clifford Road at 5 p.m. Tuesday. They appear to have been there for some time.

While O'Brien said investigators are mostly working on the assumption that the killing did not happen where the remains were found, he cautioned that nothing has been ruled out.
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=677959&category=FRONTPG&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=4/4/2008

[packy]

http://blackandmissing.blogspot.com/2007/12/missing-denise-hart.html

Police are looking for Denise Hart, a 43-year-old resident of the Wade Lupe Townhouses, was last seen around 7 a.m. on November 11 as she was leaving a group home for developmentally disabled adults where she worked as a licensed practical nurse.

She has a six year old child.

Hart is described as a black woman with black hair and brown eyes, around 5 feet 7 and weighing approximately 145 pounds. Anyone who has seen her or been contacted by her is asked to call Schenectady Police at 382-5263. More at link with picture)

[packy]

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=677410&category=&BCCode=&newsdate=4/2/2008

MENANDS -- Police are trying to determine whether a dismembered female body found behind an apartment house is the remains of a woman who disappeared from Schenectady last year, according to multiple law enforcement officials familiar with the case.

Updates on remains at this link.

http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/showthread.php?p=177998#post177998

[Pauli]

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h169/avataralley/missing/DeniseHart.jpg
Denise Hart

[Nut44x4]

DA: Menands body is missing Schenectady woman
Denise Hart last seen Nov. 11

By PAUL NELSON, Staff writers
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Last updated: 2:03 p.m., Thursday, April 10, 2008

MENANDS -- DNA tests confirm that a dismembered body found in Menands is the remains of Denise Hart, a 43-year-old Schenectady woman who disappeared in November, Schenectady County District Attorney Robert M. Carney said today.

Last seen alive when she left her job as a practical nurse at a Schenectady group home, Hart was the mother of a 7-year-old girl who still doesn't know her mom is dead.

"I think this is a sick world, a cruel place, and my message to whoever did this is that God is going to judge them, and judge them hard," the woman's husband, Robert Hart, said today. "They took a little girl's mother away from her."

Hart was last seen on Nov. 11. Later that month, police searched her apartment, discovering blood and that her mattress had been removed.

Police have suspected that the body found April 1 behind a Clifford Road apartment building was Hart, but were awaiting a test of DNA samples taken at her April 2 autopsy. They call her death a homicide.

Hart, a 40-year-old Schenectady man said he's trying to figure out how to explain to his 7-year-old daughter, Bianca, that her mother was dead. The Harts are estranged.

Hart said two city detectives visited him at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to deliver the news that the body was his wife.

The DNA samples were forwarded to the State Police forensics lab in Albany to be tested against a statewide database, which includes DNA taken from the apartment where Hart was living when she disappeared nearly five months ago.

Missing its head, hands and feet, the body had been at the site for some time, authorities said.

Investigators say the death is a homicide, but have not disclosed whether they have suspects.

Hart lived at the Wade Lupe Townhouses in Schenectady. When investigators first visited her apartment on Nov. 28, they found blood and discovered that the mattress was missing, police say. Neighbors reported hearing an arguing there in recent weeks.

Children discovered her remains while they were playing in the shared rear parking area of the apartment houses at 50 and 52 Clifford Road. Thinking the bag may have contained a dead animal, the children alerted adults, who summoned police, O'Brien said.

Schenectady police are expected to release more information about the case later today.
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=679703&category=&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=4/10/2008

[Nut44x4]

DA: Menands body is missing Schenectady woman
Denise Hart last seen Nov. 11

By PAUL NELSON, Staff writers
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Last updated: 2:03 p.m., Thursday, April 10, 2008

MENANDS -- DNA tests confirm that a dismembered body found in Menands is the remains of Denise Hart, a 43-year-old Schenectady woman who disappeared in November, Schenectady County District Attorney Robert M. Carney said today.

Last seen alive when she left her job as a practical nurse at a Schenectady group home, Hart was the mother of a 7-year-old girl who still doesn't know her mom is dead.

"I think this is a sick world, a cruel place, and my message to whoever did this is that God is going to judge them, and judge them hard," the woman's husband, Robert Hart, said today. "They took a little girl's mother away from her."

Hart was last seen on Nov. 11. Later that month, police searched her apartment, discovering blood and that her mattress had been removed.

Police have suspected that the body found April 1 behind a Clifford Road apartment building was Hart, but were awaiting a test of DNA samples taken at her April 2 autopsy. They call her death a homicide.

Hart, a 40-year-old Schenectady man said he's trying to figure out how to explain to his 7-year-old daughter, Bianca, that her mother was dead. The Harts are estranged.

Hart said two city detectives visited him at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to deliver the news that the body was his wife.

The DNA samples were forwarded to the State Police forensics lab in Albany to be tested against a statewide database, which includes DNA taken from the apartment where Hart was living when she disappeared nearly five months ago.

Missing its head, hands and feet, the body had been at the site for some time, authorities said.

Investigators say the death is a homicide, but have not disclosed whether they have suspects.

Hart lived at the Wade Lupe Townhouses in Schenectady. When investigators first visited her apartment on Nov. 28, they found blood and discovered that the mattress was missing, police say. Neighbors reported hearing an arguing there in recent weeks.

Children discovered her remains while they were playing in the shared rear parking area of the apartment houses at 50 and 52 Clifford Road. Thinking the bag may have contained a dead animal, the children alerted adults, who summoned police, O'Brien said.

Schenectady police are expected to release more information about the case later today.
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/sto...date=4/10/2008

[Faith]

My prayers are with the family. :1222423:

[Roamer]

What a sad story. That poor little girl. :1222423:

[Nut44x4]

Search for killer begins in earnest
Body found in Menands is Schenectady woman; police seek tips

By PAUL NELSON, Staff writer
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First published: Friday, April 11, 2008

SCHENECTADY -- The hunt is now on for Denise Hart's killer.
Authorities confirmed Thursday that DNA evidence proved a decapitated and dismembered corpse found in Menands last week is that of the mother who vanished in November after leaving her nursing job in Schenectady.


"We believe she was murdered in Schenectady," Schenectady County District Attorney Robert Carney said Thursday afternoon. Carney declined to comment on potential suspects or any other aspects of the slaying, now being investigated by several police agencies.

With her death now official, Denise Hart's family is left to cope with the loss.

Hart's estranged husband, Robert Hart, 40, said he'll break the news to the couple's 7-year-old daughter, Bianca, today. The child lives with him in Schenectady.

"My daughter loved her mother, and I hope that if it's within God's power that she gets to know that her daughter loved her," he said. "I think this is a sick world, a cruel place, and my message to whoever did this, is that God is going to judge them, and judge them hard."

While he worries about how Bianca will react, Hart said he hopes police find Denise's killer, and justice is served.

"I'm taking it one day at a time, and I pray to God that she didn't suffer, and they find whoever did this to her; that's the best I can do," Hart said.

Denise Hart, 43, was last seen alive at about 7 a.m. Nov. 11 after leaving her job as a licensed practical nurse at a group home for developmentally disabled adults on Keyes Avenue in Schenectady.

Children playing behind a Clifford Road apartment building in Menands found a bag containing her body on April 1. Police suspected early on that it was Hart, but were awaiting a test of DNA samples taken at her April 2 autopsy. The headless body had no hands and feet and had been at the site for some time, authorities said.

Her remains were identified through DNA tests performed using blood recovered from the Wade Lupe Townhouses in Schenectady, where she lived by herself. Investigators also discovered her mattress was missing from the apartment.

Schenectady, Colonie and Menands police detectives and State Police will work on the case.

Authorities are asking anyone who may have information about Hart's disappearance to contact the Schenectady Police Department at 788-6566.

Hart's death brought the city's homicide count for 2007 to six. There's been one so far this year.

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=679922

[Nut44x4]

Search for killer begins in earnest
Body found in Menands is Schenectady woman; police seek tips

By PAUL NELSON, Staff writer
Click byline for more stories by writer.
First published: Friday, April 11, 2008

SCHENECTADY -- The hunt is now on for Denise Hart's killer.
Authorities confirmed Thursday that DNA evidence proved a decapitated and dismembered corpse found in Menands last week is that of the mother who vanished in November after leaving her nursing job in Schenectady.


"We believe she was murdered in Schenectady," Schenectady County District Attorney Robert Carney said Thursday afternoon. Carney declined to comment on potential suspects or any other aspects of the slaying, now being investigated by several police agencies.

With her death now official, Denise Hart's family is left to cope with the loss.

Hart's estranged husband, Robert Hart, 40, said he'll break the news to the couple's 7-year-old daughter, Bianca, today. The child lives with him in Schenectady.

"My daughter loved her mother, and I hope that if it's within God's power that she gets to know that her daughter loved her," he said. "I think this is a sick world, a cruel place, and my message to whoever did this, is that God is going to judge them, and judge them hard."

While he worries about how Bianca will react, Hart said he hopes police find Denise's killer, and justice is served.

"I'm taking it one day at a time, and I pray to God that she didn't suffer, and they find whoever did this to her; that's the best I can do," Hart said.

Denise Hart, 43, was last seen alive at about 7 a.m. Nov. 11 after leaving her job as a licensed practical nurse at a group home for developmentally disabled adults on Keyes Avenue in Schenectady.

Children playing behind a Clifford Road apartment building in Menands found a bag containing her body on April 1. Police suspected early on that it was Hart, but were awaiting a test of DNA samples taken at her April 2 autopsy. The headless body had no hands and feet and had been at the site for some time, authorities said.

Her remains were identified through DNA tests performed using blood recovered from the Wade Lupe Townhouses in Schenectady, where she lived by herself. Investigators also discovered her mattress was missing from the apartment.

Schenectady, Colonie and Menands police detectives and State Police will work on the case.

Authorities are asking anyone who may have information about Hart's disappearance to contact the Schenectady Police Department at 788-6566.

Hart's death brought the city's homicide count for 2007 to six. There's been one so far this year.

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories...storyID=679922