Sunday, March 29, 2020

Murder of Terri Kay Roark


Home photograph of Terri Kay RoarkState Police say this duffel bag found just north of Northway Exit 11 in Malta was linked to the body of a woman who was found dead on the Twin Bridges on March 29, 1988


On March 21, 1988, 31-year-old Terri Kay Roark was last seen leaving a mental health facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma. On March 29th her body was found on Interstate 87 on the Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge also known as Twin Bridges in Clifton Park, New York. She had died from a skull fracture.

She was unidentified for several months before her fingerprints were matched. It's not stated how Terri ended up in New York from Oklahoma. A duffel bag found just north of Northway Exit 11 in Malta and it had been tossed from a vehicle. It was found to have belonged to Terri.

SOURCES:
The Post-Star September 20, 1996
Times Union Jan. 17, 2017
Press and Sun-Bulletin Jan 19, 2017
Times Union September 10, 2019
CBS September 10, 2019
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