E170: Tiffany Valiante

Coffee and Cases Podcast

Cloud10

True Crime

4.7 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Tiffany Valiante had just graduated from high school and was looking forward to attending Mercy College in the fall, where she had been awarded a volleyball scholarship. The night of July 12th, 2015, after a small disagreement with her parents, Tiffany wandered away from her parent’s home, leaving her cell phone behind. Immediately, her family began searching for her. In the early morning hours of July 13th, Tiffany’s uncle approached some police officers working a train accident. It was then that he learned there had been a victim of that accident–a young woman on the tracks who had been hit by the train. It was his niece, Tiffany. Her death was quickly ruled a suicide and the case was closed. However, Tiffany was found shoeless and only partially dressed; her shoes were later discovered some distance away yet her feet were clean. Could her death, instead, have been the result of foul play? Please consider joining Tiffany’s family in fighting for further investigation into the case by urging the New Jersey Attorney General to reopen the investigation; to do so, please consider signing their change.org petition found here. Etsy Merch Shop: Want your own C&C clothing? Check out our store at https://etsy.com/shop/coffeeandcasespod Or, consider supporting the pod in other ways-- like Patreon! Are you up-to-date on all our regular content? Get access to monthly mini-episodes as well as one full solved case per month by joining today! Be a part of the C & C Fam by going to https://www.patreon.com/coffeeandcases to register! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Due to the graphic nature of this content, listener discretion is advised.
0:06.3	There are so few moments in life where one feels like they are completely unsure of what's going to happen next.
0:12.9	For me, high school graduation was one of those moments. Sure, most of us know if we're going to college or into the military or maybe straight into the workforce,
0:26.0	but really what does that mean? You're potentially moving away from home for the first time.
0:30.2	You're on your own for the first time. No one's there to wake you up. No one's there to make sure you get to class on time. No one's there to make sure you get to your job on time. No one's
0:34.9	there monitoring how you spend your money or what you spend your money on.
0:38.7	Today's case centers around Tiffany valiante, and today I thought we would start with a portion of
0:43.5	Tiffany's obituary. Tiffany was a 2015 Oak Crest High School graduate. She was going to attend
0:49.1	Mercy College on a volleyball scholarship. Tiffany's love for sports included softball and volleyball.
0:55.7	She played for Lady A's travel softball team one year of Oak Crest softball until she touched a volleyball. Then Tiffany found her passion
1:01.4	in volleyball. She was a middle hitter. She played for Oak Crest High School and East Coast Crush Club
1:07.1	volleyball. She was first team all cow, as well as ranked eighth in the state for the
1:11.3	number of volleyball kills. In one high school season, she had 274 kills and 34 blocks. There are
1:17.7	many words to describe Tiffany, but here are just a few. Loving, caring, giving, full of life, always had a
1:24.0	smile, athletic, beautiful, funny, energetic, smart, intelligent, talented,
1:29.3	compassionate. Tiffany had so much passion and love for her family and had a natural motherly
1:34.5	instinct for her niece and nephews. Tiffany's life was actually cut suddenly short in a gruesome
1:39.7	accident. A botched investigation and clues discovered by the family leave us wondering what really happened to her.
1:45.8	This is the story of Tiffany Valenti. The
2:03.6	The Welcome to coffee and cases where we like our coffee hot and our cases cold. My name is Allison Williams. And my name is Maggie Damron. We will be telling stories each week in the hopes that someone
2:34.8	out there with any information concerning the cases will take those tips to law enforcement,
2:39.5	so justice and closure can be brought to these families. With each case, we encourage you to
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