Anne-Marie Green

Welcome to Postmortem.

I'm your host, 48 Hours correspondent Anne-Marie Green.

And today we are discussing the cases of Teresa Fusco and Kelly Morrissey, two teenagers, teenage girls who went missing in 1984 in Linbrook, New York.

That's a suburb in Long Island.

Now, after a suspect confessed to Teresa's murder and then implicated two other men,

Seemed like the case was closed.

But about 19 years later, advances in DNA technology overturned their convictions and pointed to another unknown suspect.

Joining me today is 48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty.

Erin, you worked on this case, but over your years of working for 48 Hours, you've actually covered a number of wrongful conviction cases.

Absolutely.

I mean, this is a nightmare for any family.

But this process, it's like sort of ripping the scab off over and over again.

And really, you know, they're still waiting for a resolution, which we will get to later.

But I want to remind everyone, listen, if you haven't watched or listened to this episode, The Killing of Teresa Fusco, go check it out and then come on back so we can talk about it.

So, Erin, on June 12th, 1984, 15-year-old Kelly Morrissey left her home after dinner.

She's going to meet a friend, and she's last seen at a payphone near a Shell gas station in Linbrook before she disappears.

After about five months, 16-year-old Teresa Fusco goes missing after she leaves her job at a local roller rink.

How unusual was it to have two teenagers go missing within a few months?

I mean, it kind of reminded me a little bit of where I grew up, you know, in the suburbs of Toronto.

And we had the roller rink that everyone went to.