On Sept. 29, 2016, 35-year-old Jennifer Cohen was found dead with several injuries to her face and torso at the skatepark in Owl’s Head Park, near Colonial Road and Wakeman Place in Bay Ridge. The victim, who lived in the neighborhood and was the mother of two children, had last been seen around 2:45 a.m. in the company of a man. Ten years later, her case remains cold, and the community is still without answers.

Security camera footage showed Cohen and the unidentified man walking on Second Avenue toward the park before separating. The man was recorded walking to 79th Street and Third Avenue, then backtracking to meet Cohen near 59th Street and Second Avenue. The two then headed toward Owl’s Head Park, where cameras captured them entering together around 2:45 a.m. About an hour later, the man was seen leaving alone.

The following morning, between approximately 9 and 10 a.m., a man who was jogging — some say he was an off-duty firefighter — found Cohen with her face covered in blood and lifeless inside the skateboard ramp.

According to what unidentified sources told The New York Daily News, police found Cohen’s purse near the body without her identification card, but with needles and condoms inside. The victim was allegedly addicted to drugs and had been arrested several times for drug possession and minor crimes, as reported by ABC7 and The Daily News .

The Medical Examiner’s Office determined on Sept. 30, 2016, that Cohen died by homicide from blunt impact injuries to her head and torso.

Days after the killing, police released videos and images of the man who had been with Cohen that night and offered a $2,500 reward for information that could help identify him. Detectives described him as approximately 5 feet 2 inches tall and 175 pounds. He was seen wearing a black jacket, black shorts with white trim, a dark-colored baseball cap, a black backpack and dark sneakers.

Detective Robert Agron said at the time that the man likely lived or worked near Bay Ridge and was familiar with the area. A decade later, he has yet to be identified.

On Oct. 28 of the same year, investigative journalist Billy Jensen opened a Facebook page and invited citizens to share the videos and images of the man, whom he called a “white whale.” Jensen even spent thousands of dollars on geotargeted Facebook advertisements aimed at residents of the area, to no avail.

Ten years after Sept. 29, 2016, there are even more questions: Is the file still open, or has it been closed? What happened to the reward? What happened during this decade?

An NYPD spokesperson confirmed that the investigation remains ongoing and that the man captured on camera is still considered a person of interest. The Crime Stoppers reward has also increased to $3,500.

Cohen’s killing also raised questions about safety in Owl’s Head Park , where improvements to the park’s lighting and security.have been made in the years since her death.

“There have been lighting and security improvements throughout Owls Head Park thanks to funding secured by then [Council Member Justin] Brannan,” said Josephine Beckmann, district manager of Community Board 10.

Beckmann said $2 million was secured in fiscal year 2021 for renovations , including improvements to paths, slopes, retaining walls, stairs, drainage, landscaping and seating areas, as well as security lighting. The projects were intended to help residents feel safer and ensure the park remained an accessible, high-quality public space.

Cohen’s killing shocked the community, coming in a neighborhood served by the 68th Precinct, which includes Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights and has historically reported relatively low crime compared with other parts of the city.

Since Cohen’s murder, Owl’s Head Park has recorded one burglary, one felony assault, two grand larcenies and three robberies, according to NYC Parks Crime Statistics .