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Summary
New York, Summer of 1965.
One hot summer, two young children disappeared from their first-floor apartment in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of Queens, New York. Their mother, Alice Crimmins, reported them missing to the police. Later that day, the body of four-year-old Missy was found in a vacant lot, showing signs of having been strangled. The body of five-year-old Eddie, Jr., was found several days later.
Police were immediately suspicious of the mother. Recently divorced, with teased red hair and heavy makeup, Alice Crimmins did not fit the maternal ideal held by the predominantly Catholic police detectives on the case. Her every action was scrutinized: Was she behaving like a grief-stricken mother or like a coldhearted killer? After three years of police surveillance, Alice was charged with the murder of her children in 1968 in a highly publicized tr
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Alice Crimmins closed case files
Collection REC0065 - RG 084. Queens County District Attorney
Abstract
On July 14, 1965, Eddie Jr. and Alice Marie Crimmins disappeared from their home, later to be found murdered. Their mother, Alice Crimmins, became the number one suspect in their death. This collection contains the Queens County District Attorney’s investigative files into the crime, which were used to indict, and eventually convict, Alice Crimmins for the crime.
Extent
10 cubic feet (15 boxes)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Advance notice is required for using original material. Please contact us to arrange access.
Physical Location
Materials are stored onsite at 31 Chambers St.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was transferred from the Queens County District Attorney's Office to the Municipal Archives in 1978 (Accession # 1978-017).
Alternate Forms Available
This collection has not been digitized or microfilmed.
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Alice Crimmins
American murderer
Alice Crimmins
Crimmins, pictured with her children, c. 1963
Born (1939-03-09) March 9, 1939 (age 85)
The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Spouses Tony Grace
(m. ; died 1998)Children Alice Marie Crimmins
Eddie Crimmins Jr.
Alice Crimmins (born March 9, 1939, in the Bronx, New York City) is an American woman who was charged with killing her two children, 5-year-old Eddie Jr. and 4-year-old Alice Marie (known as Missy), both of whom went missing on July 14, 1965.[1][2][3] Alice Marie's body was found that day, and Eddie Jr.'s was found five days later.[1] After numerous criminal trials and appeals, Crimmins was convicted of manslaughter for Missy's death.[1]
Killing of her children
Crimmins' children, Eddie Jr., age 5, and Missy, age 4, disappeared from their garden apartment in Kew Gardens Hills in the Queens borough of New York City on July 14, 1965. She reported the missing children to
Alice Crimmins
American murderer
Alice Crimmins | |
|---|---|
Crimmins, pictured with her children, c. 1963 | |
| Born | (1939-03-09) March 9, 1939 (age 85) The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Spouses | Tony Grace (m. ; died 1998) |
| Children | Alice Marie Crimmins Eddie Crimmins Jr. |
Alice Crimmins (born March 9, 1939, in the Bronx, New York City) is an American woman who was charged with killing her two children, 5-year-old Eddie Jr. and 4-year-old Alice Marie (known as Missy), both of whom went missing on July 14, 1965.[1][2][3] Alice Marie's body was found that day, and Eddie Jr.'s was found five days later.[1] After numerous criminal trials and appeals, Crimmins was convicted of manslaughter for Missy's death.[1]
Killing of her children
Crimmins' children, Eddie Jr., age 5, and Missy, age 4, disappeared from their garden apartment in Kew Gardens Hills in the Queens borough of New York City on July 14, 1965. She reported the missing children to
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