Police have asked for help solving a mysterious suspicious death after a woman’s body was discovered on the grounds of New York’s iconic Vanderbilt Mansion.
The victim, believed to be in his 50s or 60s, was found on December 6 on Vanderbilt Park Road in Hyde Park, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of New York City.
A hiker spotted her “lying face down on the eastern shore of the Hudson River, south of Bard Rock,” the guide said. New York State Police.
She was described by The Dutchess County Medical Examiner as a 6-foot-1 white female with brown eyes, gray hair and no scars, marks or tattoos. She was estimated to weigh 112 pounds.
Police have said her death is suspicious and have even gone so far as to release a photo from decades past so the public can help identify her.
DailyMail.com has contacted the NYS Police for comment.
The mansion was owned by Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt and sits on a 211-acre historic site run by the National Park Service (NPS).
Frederick purchased the Langdon House in Hyde Park in 1895, which he said put at risk 153 acres, a farm and 459 acres on the east side of Post Road. NPS.
She was discovered after a hiker found her “face down on the east coast of the Hudson River south of Bard Rock” on the estate’s grounds (photo: Vanderbilt Mansion)
The woman, believed to be in her 50s or 60s, was found on December 6 on Vanderbilt Park Road on the historic grounds of the mansion in Hyde Park, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of New York City, leading to confusion and mystery among officers.
He then built a new house that mimicked the palaces of the European nobility, and the house became the model for other country houses by the extremely wealthy.
The Vanderbilts established their massive fortune before the Civil War, starting with Frederick’s grandfather Cornelius.
The patriarch built their family fortune in steamboats and invested in the railroad, which eventually became the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad.
When he died in 1877, he left behind a fortune of $100 million, or the equivalent of about $3 billion today, which at the time was more than the entire U.S. Treasury.
The Vanderbilts were among the wealthiest in New York, including the Astors and Rockefellers.
Another of Vanderbilt’s legacy is Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, which was founded thanks to his $1 million endowment in 1873.
The donation was made under the persuasion of his much younger second wife, Frank Crawford, who was an outspoken Confederate sympathizer and distant cousin of her husband.
Cornelius left most of his fortune to his son William Henry Vanderbilt. He was the only Vanderbilt who could double the family fortune.
The house was owned by Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt. Frederick purchased the Langdon House in Hyde Park in 1895. He then built a new house that mimicked the palaces of the European nobility and the house became the model for other country houses by the extremely wealthy.
The Vanderbilts established their massive fortune before the Civil War, starting with Frederick’s grandfather Cornelius. The patriarch built their family fortune with steamboats and railroad investments
When he died in 1877, he left behind a fortune of $100 million, or the equivalent of about $3 billion today, which was more than the entire United States Treasury at the time.
The mansion sits on a 211-acre historic site owned by the National Park Service
Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt (pictured) was a Staten Island upstart who dropped out of school at age 11 and began working in his father’s ferry company
By the time William died in 1885, he had raised a whopping $200 million, or about $6.5 billion today, but all of this would be squandered within a few generations by heirs who only knew how to “live well, had to marry well’ and ‘spend money lavishly’. .’
The third-generation Vanderbilts were eager to use their inheritance to infiltrate the gilded gates of New York Society.
Until then, they were considered nouveau riche vulgarians by the old guard.
It would be their amazing life of excess that would make the family famous.
Cornelius II immediately squandered his inheritance on building a huge palace on Fifth Avenue with 100 rooms and an entire city block.
It was demolished in 1926, but to this day it still holds the record for the largest private home ever built in New York City.
Today, Vanderbilt’s most notable descendant is Gloria’s son, Anderson Cooper, a journalist and political commentator for CNN.
“The dynasty ended with Gloria,” he said in his 2021 book, which explored his family’s legacy.
“She was the last born before the Depression, when Vanderbilt’s riches seemed as limitless and eternal as the stars in the sky,” he says in the book.