Mary Cecilia Rogers (c1820-1841)

She was a noted beauty who worked in a New York tobacco store, which attracted the custom of many distinguished men, clearly on her account. When her body was found in the Hudson River, she was assumed to have been the victim of gang violence. But one witness swore that she was dumped after a failed abortion attempt, while her boyfriend’s suicide-note suggested possible involvement on his part. Rogers’ death remains unexplained. She inspired Edgar Allan Poe's pioneering detective story The Mystery of Marie Rogêt.

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