Su Taraskiewicz was a 27 year old woman from Massachusetts who was found brutally murdered in the trunk of her car in 1992. Her family and many others believe that she was targeted by people she had trouble with at her job at Northwest Airlines. Her murder is still unsolved.
Susan Taraskiewicz, who commonly went by Su, was born in Saugus, Massachusetts on February 13, 1965. After graduating high school, Su went on to study at Salem State College, North Shore Community College, and MA College of Art. She was said to love rollerskating and her favorite cartoon character was Snoopy.
Su later began living in Boston, Massachusetts and began working at Northwest Airlines 3 years prior to her murder. At this job, Su’s great skills lead her to becoming the second Ground Crew Supervisor, which is a common role for males, and later became the first woman promoted to a supervisor position. Despite her competition for this position, Su did not give up on getting the job, and she eventually proved that she was more than capable of doing it. Su also received high marks on a Fire Fighter Placement Exam and she was put on a reserve list for the Swampscott, MA Fire Department.
On September 12, 1992 Su was working the night shift and at about 1AM, she left to go get food for herself and some other coworkers. Around this time, Su also received a phone call from an unidentified person who wanted to meet up with her. After a while, Su did not return, but none of her coworkers reported her absence. It wasn’t until the next day when Su did not show up for her shift for someone to finally notify others about her absence. On September 14, 1992, Su’s car was found on Route 1A in Revere, Massachusetts. In the trunk was the dead body of 27 year old Su Taraskiewicz. She had been stabbed multiple times and brutally beaten.
After not hearing from her daughter, Su’s mother Marlene went to the Saugus Police Station to report Su missing, unbeknownst to her that Su had been found. In that same moment, the police station got a phone call from another station stating that Su was found and they sent Marlene over to the other station. The chief then revealed the heartbreaking news to Marlene.
During her time working at the airport, Su told her mother about multiple issues she was having with male coworkers. Many times it was because they did not want to take orders from her because she was a woman. Marlene began to realize just how serious these issues were when she began reading Su’s diary.
In Su’s diary, she mentioned several incidents involving other male coworkers. In one incident that occurred in April of 1989, a coworker named Bobby broke Su’s radio twice. After discussing the issue with her boyfriend, she asked Bobby to replace her radio, to which he threatened to kill her boyfriend. Su then went on to file multiple complaints about this, but very little was done. Unfortunately, the harassment grew to the point where Su was getting anonymous phone calls from someone threatening to hurt her. Her car and her boyfriend’s car were also vandalized on multiple occasions.
There were even more incidents that occured prior to Su’s murder. In February of 1992, before Su was promoted to supervisor, another male coworker got the position. However, Su found out that he got this position through an illegal bid. She then filed a grievance and won, to which she got the position. Some time after this promotion, on Su’s locker was a graffiti drawing of a coffin with Su’s name on it.
The 2 main suspects are Bobby, whose full name is Robert Brooks, and another man named Joseph Nuzzo. Joseph threatened Su after she broke up a fight between him and another man, which resulted in him being suspended for 6 months. In retaliation, Joseph vandalized her car, anonymously called her, and stated that he would get “exact revenge.” When he returned to work, Joseph got involved in a stealing scheme, which resulted in his permanent termination from the job. Joseph believed Su was the one who reported this scheme. Su was later found dead 2 days after this.
Despite all of this, Su’s murder is still unsolved. I think that is is quite obvious that someone at her job had something to do with her murder. She was not randomly targeted as evidence shows that her death was a crime of passion and there is so much evidence backing up threats on Su’s wellbeing and life. The fact that none of her coworkers decided to even report her absence until much later is an even bigger red flag. All of these coworkers should be investigated again, especially the two men who had the most threats against Su. Somebody there knows much more about Su’s death than they are saying.
Su’s mother Marlene continues searching for answers and investigating her daughter’s death. Eventually, the truth about what happened to Su will come to light.
Resources- https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Su_Taraskiewicz
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