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Mom of slain teen sees hope in cops' Facebook probe

Concetta Napoli and Thomas Fusco, parents of Theresa

Photo credit: Newsday, 2005 / Karen Wiles Stabile | Concetta Napoli and Thomas Fusco, parents of Theresa Fusco, and their son, John, appear at Nassau County Court in Mineola on Oct. 27, 2005. Theresa Fusco disappeared Nov. 10, 1984. Her body was found three weeks later. The three men originally convicted in 1986 of her rape and murder were exonerated by DNA evidence in 2005.

For Connie Napoli, Nov. 10 has been a day of sadness and haunting questions.

On that date in 1984, someone snatched her 16-year-old daughter, Theresa Fusco, just blocks from her Lynbrook home and killed her.

"It's always a bad time of year for me," Napoli said.

But this year, as Napoli reflected on the unsolved case on its 26th anniversary, she received an e-mail from a friend...

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