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  • Manhattan, New York, U.S.
    Monday May 1, 1989
    Central Park Jogger Case

    Meili Aftermath

    Manhattan, New York, U.S.
    Monday May 1, 1989

    Meili was comatose for 12 days. She suffered severe hypothermia, severe brain damage, severe hemorrhagic shock, loss of 75–80 percent of her blood, and internal bleeding. Her skull had been fractured so badly that her left eye was dislodged from its socket, which in turn was fractured in 21 places, and she suffered as well from facial fractures.




  • Manhattan, New York, U.S.
    Monday May 1, 1989
    Central Park Jogger Case

    Donald Trump Action

    Manhattan, New York, U.S.
    Monday May 1, 1989

    On May 1, 1989, Donald Trump, the real estate magnate, called for the return of the death penalty in full-page advertisements published in all four of the city's major newspapers. Trump said he wanted the "criminals of every age" who were accused of beating and raping a jogger in Central Park 12 days earlier "to be afraid". The advertisement, which cost an estimated US$85,000 (equivalent to $172,000 in 2018).




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