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Drag Queen Superstar And Cultural Icon
- Dorian Corey was a drag superstar featured in the 1991 documentary Paris Is Burning and famed for extravagant costumes and razor-sharp wit.
- The hosts describe her as regal, influential in NYC drag culture, and a protector of younger queens.
Corpse Found In Costume Bag
- After Dorian's 1993 death, friends sorting her cluttered Harlem apartment found a heavy garment bag at the bottom of a wardrobe.
- Inside the bag they discovered a mummified corpse wrapped in plastic with a single bullet wound to the back of the head.
Forensic Recovery From A Mummified Body
- Forensic Raoul Figaro overcame extreme decomposition to obtain fingerprints by treating the fingers and producing ten usable prints.
- Those prints identified the corpse as Robert (Bobby) Walley, who vanished decades earlier.