Sheriff's Office Unsolved Crimes Unit Probing 1990 Murder in Sheridan

The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office Unsolved Crimes Unit is investigating a murder that occurred in the Town of Sheridan nearly 35 years ago. Sheriff Jim Quattrone says investigators are looking into different leads in the case of Judith Lynn McElheney, a 27-year-old mother from Buffalo who was found by a passing motorist on Route 5, three miles west of the Silver Creek village line. Quattrone says McElheney was shot once on October 8, 1990...

Jim Quattrone: McElheney was shot once

It is believed that McElheney, who was reportedly visiting some clubs on the evening of the shooting, had dragged herself to the place she was found. Quattrone encourages anyone who may have information on the shooting to call the Unsolved Crimes Unit...

Jim Quattrone: call (716) 753-4579

McElheney is described as 5'0" and slim with shoulder-length brown hair and gray eyes. She had the tattoo of a bird above a red heart with a ribbon with the name "Judy" on her arm.