Police found Lori Malloy naked beside scattered bread, ripped-out hair, and a running bathroom sink.
1. Murders and Mysteries of New England examines the suspicious death of Lori Lee Malloy in East Providence, Rhode Island.
2. Host Mardi Shaw presents the case and connects it to Mother's Day and her goal of covering her first Rhode Island case.
3. The episode asks whether Lori's 1993 death was correctly classified as natural despite evidence that prompted homicide investigators.
4. On February 14, 1988, Lori married Harry Giovanni Mariano at her father's house in Derry, New Hampshire.
5. On October 8, 1988, Lori called the Woonsocket Police Department and reported that Harry had beaten her.
6. Three days later, Harry sent Lori a prison letter warning that she would see him in six months or two years depending on whether she testified.
7. On January 31, 1990, Harry was charged by the Providence Police Department with violating Lori's protective order and was ordered to have no contact with her.
8. Lori filed for divorce from Harry on April 20, 1990, and their divorce was finalized on March 31, 1993.
9. After Lori broke up with Thomas Kelly in July 1992, she wrote in her planner that Tommy's threats over Lauren would settle soon.
10. On March 7, 1993, East Providence police found Lori dead on her bathroom floor after her boyfriend requested a welfare check.
11. Investigators documented recent bruises, hair pulled from Lori's head, hair between her toes and fingers, and a hair bracelet around her right hand.
12. Detectives removed fourteen pieces of evidence, including a light-brown hair clump, a mucus-marked towel, bedding, infant clothing, hairs, and drinking glasses.
13. A sexual assault kit was completed, but the episode does not provide its results.
14. Medical examiner F. John Krolikowski recorded Lori's cause of death as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy despite notes describing limited major heart damage.
15. Krolikowski did not document Lori's scalp condition or address the clean toxicology result alongside references to her as a known cocaine user.
16. The East Providence Police Department closed Lori's case on December 28, 1993, citing no signs of foul play despite the apartment evidence.
17. Shaw uses a chronological narrative format with warnings about domestic abuse and sexual assault before recounting the case.
18. The episode combines police records, autopsy details, later forensic review, and Shaw's personal reactions to the unresolved questions.
19. Listeners interested in unresolved deaths, forensic pathology, and Rhode Island cases.
20. Listeners seeking confirmed answers or a nonviolent subject may skip it.
