MUS-2026-0432
Archive card
MUS-2026-0432
Suspicious death
- Incident
- 2015
- Indexed
- Oct 23, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- New Jersey Transit Police
- Location
- Mays Landing NJ
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Tiffany Valiante, 18, was struck and killed by an NJ Transit train on July 12, 2015, about four miles from her home in Mays Landing, New Jersey. The state medical examiner ruled it a suicide within 48 hours, but her parents maintain she was murdered and the initial investigation was botched. The case was featured on Netflix's Unsolved Mysteries and in People and Philadelphia Voice reporting. No one has been charged.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2015
Tiffany Valiante, 18, is struck and killed by an NJ Transit train on July 12, about four miles from her Mays Landing home.
- 2015
The state medical examiner rules it a suicide within 48 hours. Her parents dispute the finding.
- 2026
The case remains disputed and unresolved. No one has been charged.
Key people
The people in the file.
18, of Mays Landing, New Jersey. Struck and killed by an NJ Transit train on July 12, 2015, about four miles from her home.
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Investigating agency
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