Unsolved Mysteries Volume 3: What Happened To Tiffany Valiante? Here Is An Explanation
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 3 has already presented its first 3 chapters, and these start with a mysterious case in which it has not even been possible to define whether it is a suicide or a murder. Mystery at Mile Marker 45 is the first of 9 episodes in the new season of the haunting documentary series that has already featured cases of ghosts, murders, aliens and unexplained disappearances, and tells the 2015 story of a New Jersey teenager named Tiffany Brave.
The documentary series does not intend to solve the case, but to show the clues, testimonies and details of the investigation, to make known the story of Valiante, and many other victims of old and rare crimes, and to awaken the public’s attention, so that a kind of community can be created that can help find answers if there are any. In the case of Tiffany, the main question was whether she had violently taken her own life, or if someone found her in the last place where she was seen alive and murdered her.
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 3: What Happened To Tiffany Valiante?
Tiffany Valiante lived in a community called Mays Landing, in New Jersey, and led a normal and quiet life, like that of any teenager, but everything changed on July 12, 2015. Valiante had graduated from Oakcrest High School and had been accepted to Mercy College in New York a few weeks earlier and managed to get a scholarship as an athlete thanks to being a great volleyball player. On the night of July 12, she and her friends went to a graduation party, where everything went well. After the party, she went home, talked to her family, and a few moments later, around 9:30 p.m., Tiffany walked out of the house and was never seen alive again.
Soon her parents noticed that she was missing, so they started looking for her and called her friends and family so they could do a bigger and more detailed search, and a few hours later, around midnight, it was discovered that Tiffany Valiante had died on the Mile Marker 45. According to reports, Tiffany had been hit by a train and it was determined that she had jumped onto the tracks to take her own life. Her family did not believe it, Tiffany had everything ahead of her and they claimed that that night she was in good spirits, she had only had a small fight with a friend, but the authorities determined that the official cause of death was suicide.
Suicide or murder?
According to New Jersey 101.5, Tiffany’s parents thought their daughter would not have taken her own life and that the decision to close the case as suicide was too hasty. The outlet reports that the parents said: “We know many others who also believe that Tiffany’s death was not a suicide, that there was a rush to judgment to close the case, and that the true story of how and why she died is still unknown ” has counted”. The examiner’s report concluded that Tiffany had no drugs or alcohol in her system, but some reports indicate that the teenager was not always feeling well emotionally and that her family situation was complicated, and child protection services were even called. when he showed up with bruises at school.
What raises questions about the possible suicide and leads many to believe that it could have been a murder, is the fact that Tiffany was not wearing shoes and at the time of her death she was not wearing the clothes in which she left the house, which could point to the fact that she met someone on the road, who could have attacked her and thrown her onto the tracks. Additionally, the condition of Tiffany’s feet indicated that she could not have walked from home to the tracks, and her clothing was found a few weeks later at a point not too close to marker 45.
New Jersey 101.5 reported that an ax was found near the scene, while some reports that there was blood at the crime scene that did not belong to the victim, but the ax ended up missing and much of the evidence was mishandled and was lost, which meant that the investigation could not be carried out properly. All of this, and the inconsistencies in the testimonies of the train track technicians, support the theory that Tiffany Valiante may have been murdered, but now the only way to know is if the alleged culprit speaks, or if any witness comes forward. new testimony. Tiffany was cremated a few days after her death, so they can’t discover any more details from her body either.
Of all of the Unsolved Mysteries episodes, this is the one that returns to nag the most. While suicide is possible, foul play is far more likely. While there seems to have been issues at home (were one or both parents reactionary regarding Tiffany’s sexuality?), she was off to college soon and had a whole lot going for her. There is no known motive for suicide. She was clean and sober. She was observed to be in good spirits that evening.
Walking along the railroad tracks barefoot would have been painful and awkward. Her feet showed no signs of the damage this would have caused. Her shoes were not close by. She was not wearing all of her clothing. Assault is likely. Placing Tiffany on the train tracks would destroy evidence of foul play.
The choice to cremate her remains was likely emotional rather than logical on the part of her parents.
The rush to declare Tiffany’s death a suicide smacks of the railroad’s authority and local law enforcement’s desire to take the path of least resistance. Here’s hoping the clothing was preserved for DNA study. Hard to believe this was not murder and a rush to judgement.