Buried deep in a page police report on the death of Marie Thrasher, of Waterbury, are a few words that may explain her last troubled years—and reveal her humanity.
When a decomposed body was found in the Naugatuck River near Bank Street in February , police suspected foul play. A Murder River. No gunshot, stab wounds, broken bones, blunt trauma or strangulation signs. She had been released from Niantic Prison in August of Police applied for a search warrant of her dental and medical records from Niantic.
Soon after, citing toxicology reports showing a cocaine level of 0. That was it. The case was closed. But one thing you should know about Marie Thrasher, buried deep in that police report. At 19, she lost an infant son. No one can know the suffering that brought, or how or if it altered her life, but she sought help. Her medical records say so. Been treated for psychiatric illness? But her autopsy said nothing about a broken heart—only drugs and drowning.
Maybe Marie Thrasher died of a broken heart, just like a lot of people do. And maybe if the world knew of that that note, and saw a broken-hearted victim, and not a drug addicted prostitute, then maybe the investigation would not have been closed immediately after the toxicology results.
A Baton Rouge serial killer murdered 10 women from The list goes on—wherever exists a shadowy underworld where sex is for sale, like Willow and Grove Streets in Waterbury, murders happen. I knew that they would not be reported missing. I killed prostitutes because I could kill as many as I wanted without getting caught. DeeMichelle Rodriguez was a mother of eight children. Heads were scratched. To this day, Haskell is so missed that one friend has devoted her life to trying to set up a ministry for outreach to troubled souls on Willow and Grove Streets.
