Police seek help in solving 4-month-old killing of West Seneca woman
Police are seeking the public’s help to solve what now has been ruled the homicide of a 45-year-old West Seneca woman four months ago.
Nina M. Ruberto of Tindle Avenue, whose body was found by a man walking his dog Aug. 1, died from stab and cut wounds to her upper body, the Erie County medical examiner’s office has ruled.
Ruberto had been reported missing by her boyfriend at 11:52 p. m. July 28.
The boyfriend told police that he and she had argued that night, that she left home, that he followed her and that they exchanged words near the entrance ramp to Route 400, police said.
He told detectives that he left the area and went home to get his car but that when he returned, she was gone.
“We spoke to him initially, and we’d like to speak to him again, but he has retained counsel, and on the advice of counsel, he’s refused to speak to us,” West Seneca Police Chief Edward F. Gehen Jr. said. “We’d like to talk with anybody who has any information pertaining to this woman’s death.”
Four days after Ruberto was reported missing, a man walking his dog on Kelsey Drive, not far from the Route 400 entrance ramp, spotted her body. Authorities believe she had been dead for a few days.
The original autopsy proved inconclusive, but following some advanced tests on the body, the medical examiner’s office recently ruled the death a homicide.
Roughly an hour before Ruberto was reported missing, West Seneca police responded to a report of a couple arguing in that same area near Route 400. But the couple was gone when officers arrived, and police didn’t know at the time about the missing woman.
Gehen said police are seeking information from people who may have seen or heard anything in that area on the night of July 28, or from anyone who knows anything about what happened that night.
“We have retrieved some items from the scene that have provided us with some information, but we still need more information from the public to help us solve this case,” Gehen said.
Anyone with information is asked to call West Seneca detectives at 674-3154 or the department’s anonymous tip line at 675-8423.
gwarner@buffnews.com
Police are seeking the public’s help to solve what now has been ruled the homicide of a 45-year-old West Seneca woman four months ago.
Nina M. Ruberto of Tindle Avenue, whose body was found by a man walking his dog Aug. 1, died from stab and cut wounds to her upper body, the Erie County medical examiner’s office has ruled.
Ruberto had been reported missing by her boyfriend at 11:52 p. m. July 28.
The boyfriend told police that he and she had argued that night, that she left home, that he followed her and that they exchanged words near the entrance ramp to Route 400, police said.
He told detectives that he left the area and went home to get his car but that when he returned, she was gone.
“We spoke to him initially, and we’d like to speak to him again, but he has retained counsel, and on the advice of counsel, he’s refused to speak to us,” West Seneca Police Chief Edward F. Gehen Jr. said. “We’d like to talk with anybody who has any information pertaining to this woman’s death.”
Four days after Ruberto was reported missing, a man walking his dog on Kelsey Drive, not far from the Route 400 entrance ramp, spotted her body. Authorities believe she had been dead for a few days.
The original autopsy proved inconclusive, but following some advanced tests on the body, the medical examiner’s office recently ruled the death a homicide.
Roughly an hour before Ruberto was reported missing, West Seneca police responded to a report of a couple arguing in that same area near Route 400. But the couple was gone when officers arrived, and police didn’t know at the time about the missing woman.
Gehen said police are seeking information from people who may have seen or heard anything in that area on the night of July 28, or from anyone who knows anything about what happened that night.
“We have retrieved some items from the scene that have provided us with some information, but we still need more information from the public to help us solve this case,” Gehen said.
Anyone with information is asked to call West Seneca detectives at 674-3154 or the department’s anonymous tip line at 675-8423.
gwarner@buffnews.com
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