The Killing of Theresa Fusco
48 Hours
CBS News
4.1 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Nearly 41 years after a New York teenager is killed, an unexpected breakthrough in the case. Erin Moriarty reports.
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| 0:00.0 | Kelly Morrissey was a young girl who didn't like to stay home. |
| 0:15.0 | She liked to hang out with her friends. |
| 0:19.0 | June 12th, 1984, Kelly walks to a pay phone near a Shell gas station over on Merrick |
| 0:25.7 | Road in Lindbrook and meets up with another one of her friends. |
| 0:29.8 | And they make some phone calls after that payphone. |
| 0:34.0 | We don't know where Kelly went. |
| 0:36.1 | Knowing Kelly, there is no way I believe she ran away. |
| 0:39.3 | No. |
| 0:41.3 | And then on November 10, 1984, just five months later, |
| 0:46.3 | Trisa Fusco disappears. |
| 0:48.3 | Yes. |
| 0:53.3 | And what is the initial thought? |
| 0:55.0 | The initial thought is there might be a connection. |
| 0:58.0 | Teresa worked at the roller rink on Merrick Road in Lindbrook, Hot Skates. |
| 1:04.0 | And for her to go to Hot Skates, she would have to walk in this direction down the street. |
| 1:09.0 | Did you ever worry about her walking? No, I never really worried about her walking anywhere down the street. Did you ever worry about her walking? |
| 1:11.9 | No, I never really worried about her walking anywhere in the neighborhood. |
| 1:20.5 | That evening, she apparently got fired. |
| 1:23.9 | She's upset and then she leaves. |
| 1:26.5 | Wasn't she supposed to go to Lisa Kaplan's house? |
| 1:30.3 | Yeah, her best friend, yeah. |
| 1:31.3 | She was going to come to my house after she got off of work and sleep over. |
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