MUS-2026-0167
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MUS-2026-0167
Missing person
- Incident
- 1996
- Indexed
- Oct 8, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Nutley Police Department
- Location
- Nutley 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.
Susan Walsh, 36, a Village Voice journalist, vanished from Nutley, New Jersey, on July 16, 1996, after leaving her apartment to use a payphone across the street. She had investigated an alleged Russian-mob sex-trafficking ring and New York City's underground vampire subculture. A 2022 Superior Court ruling found her police department was 'not actively investigating this matter.' No one has been charged. The Nutley Police Department is the investigating agency.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 1996-07-16
Susan Walsh, 36, leaves her Nutley apartment to use a payphone across the street and vanishes.
- 2022
A Superior Court ruling finds the department 'not actively investigating this matter.'
- 2026
The case remains unsolved.
Key people
The people in the file.
36, Village Voice journalist. Vanished from Nutley, New Jersey, on July 16, 1996, after leaving her apartment to use a payphone.
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Investigating agency
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