A woman murdered more than 30 years ago in Staten Island in a case that stumped detectives for decades was publicly identified Tuesday as a mother from New Jersey.
Using advanced forensic genealogy unavailable for years after the victim’s death, prosecutors said it was Christine Belusko, from Morris County, New Jersey, who was bludgeoned, strangled and set on fire before her body was discarded in the Ocean Breeze neighborhood on Sept. 20, 1991.
While authorities have notified some of Belusko’s relatives, they are trying to find her daughter, Christa, who would have been 2 years old at the time of the killing.