Tiffany Valiante’s Unsolved Case

Netflix announces case will be featured in new ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ season starting Oct. 18th Egg Harbor Township, NJ (October 11, 2022) – More than seven years after her highly suspicious death, and the controversial investigation that followed, Tiffany Valiante’s parents remain hopeful there finally will be #JusticeForTiffany. Stephen and Dianne Valiante, of Mays Landing, said today they have renewed confidence their daughter’s case will be reopened and that those responsible for their daughter’s death will be held accountable. Effective today,[…] Read More

TRENTON, NJ (March 29, 2022) – The highly regarded forensics lab, hired with New Jersey court approval to analyze key evidence linked to the 2015 suspicious death of 18-year-old Tiffany Valiante, has just concluded that the items – including a blood-stained towel and a T-shirt – were so poorly handled by investigators that they were “of no scientific probative value”, according to the final report of the Ohio-based DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC) released today by Paul R. D’Amato, the Valiante[…] Read More

On March 1, the New Jersey Transit Police Department was ordered by Atlantic County Superior Court Judge, John C. Porto, to hand over several pieces of evidence to help solve the death of Tiffany Valiante, an 18-year-old resident of Mays Landing who was struck by a train less than a mile from her home in July 2015. Her death was ruled as a suicide, but the Valiante family strongly believes that foul play contributed to her passing. A DNA card,[…] Read More

Paul D’Amato of the D’Amato Law Firm has been working on Tiffany Valiante’s case since 2015 when Tiffany was killed by a moving train just two hours after leaving her parents home. Her death was ruled a suicide, but the Valiante family and attorney Paul D’Amato reject this theory. It has been confirmed that Tiffany was not suffering from depression and did not die due to suicide. The train that struck her was not a scheduled train, making suicide very[…] Read More

There are many unsolved murders throughout New Jersey, especially in the southern part of the state. Unfortunately, there are many unexplained and unresolved investigations by police forces who are known to be excellent in their fields. Many victims of violent crimes in New Jersey have been forgotten about and law enforcement has stopped searching for answers. Attorney Paul D’Amato represents the family of Tiffany Valiante, whose case is still unsolved. Tiffany’s case is considered a questionable suicide, but family and[…] Read More

Five years ago, 18-year-old Tiffany Valiante was struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train. Investigators ruled the incident a suicide despite the insistence by Tiffany’s family that murder was the actual cause of death. The D’Amato Law Firm has been working with the Valiante family to prove that Tiffany’s death was an intentional act done by another person. Tiffany’s parents will continue to fight for the justice of their daughter. Read this article for more information on Tiffany’s[…] Read More

On July 12, 2015, 18-year-old Tiffany Valiante was struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train, leaving investigators to label her death a suicide. An autopsy, rape kit, and DNA test were never conducted despite the lack of clothing and shoes on her body when she was found. Tiffany’s family has been working for five years to prove that her death was not a suicide, but that she was murdered. With the help of independent pathologists and the D’Amato[…] Read More

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Today Paul D’Amato of the D’Amato Law Firm filed a complaint in the Superior Court of New Jersey seeking release of DNA evidence that could finally answer questions about the suspicious death of star teenage athlete Tiffany Valiante. Tiffany’s body was found on the railroad tracks in Galloway Township in 2015. In less than 24 hours her death was ruled a suicide without benefit of a full autopsy, rape kit analysis or analysis of DNA evidence. The lawsuit is asking[…] Read More

The Justice for Tiffany movement just took a major step forward with the publication today on NJ.COM of ‘Death & Dysfunction’, an investigative report based on an 18-month examination of the New Jersey State Medical Examiner’s Office, including its handling of the of the suspicious death of Tiffany Valiante. The D’Amato Law Firm, which has been pro bono counsel of record for the family and friends of the late Tiffany Valiante, strongly encourages everyone concerned about the justice system in[…] Read More

Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (July 12, 2017) — Three years ago today 19-year-old Tiffany Valiante, the college-bound Mays Landing star volleyball player, was struck by a commuter train about five miles from her home. But was she already dead when the New Jersey transit train hit her? Was she first kidnapped and then fatally shot, tossed in front of the train to conceal the crime? And why has the state Medical Examiner , which quickly ruled her death a suicide,[…] Read More

A medical examiner’s ruling that Tiffany Valiante committed suicide when a NJ Transit train struck her last year never made sense to her family. ‘Happy’ N.J. Woman Didn’t Walk 4 Miles Into Train, Family Argues Family of N.J. teen killed by train disputes suicide ruling, sues to prove kidnap-murder plot Star New Jersey Teenage Athlete Was The Victim of a Kidnapping-Murder Conspiracy Could South Jersey Woman Have Been Kidnapped Before She Died? Family challenges suicide ruling in death of teen hit[…] Read More