Yvonne Torch – 13th anniversary of her death
MIDDLE HOPE – Today (Friday) marks the 13th anniversary of the
murder of Yvonne Torch in her Route 9W, Middle Hope hair salon. To date,
no one has been arrested in the case.
State Police Sr. Investigator-in-charge Neal Moscato said they have followed
up on over 400 leads with no success.
“Based on what I know about this case without divulging too many
secrets, I believe this was not a random act; this was someone that knew
her. I don’t want to say it was a crime of passion, but it was of
that nature. It was someone that knew her so I don’t think that
these other leads we look at in other areas didn’t pan out,”
he said.
Moscato hopes that with advances in DNA testing and other technology,
and continued following of leads, they will catch the killer of the 31-year-old
woman back on June 9, 2004.
Torch was working at her salon on that morning when a customer came in
for an appointment and found her dead.
