Netflix's 'Unsolved Mysteries' To Feature South Jersey Teen's Death

MAYS LANDING, NJ — Since 18-year-old Tiffany Valiante was hit by a train and killed in 2015, her family has been seeking answers. Now, the South Jersey teenager's case will be documented in the upcoming season of Netflix's "Unsolved Mysteries."

"I want to know what happened to my daughter," Valiante's mom is seen saying in the trailer. WATCH BELOW.

Valiante died after midnight on July 12, 2015, after being struck by a NJ Transit train along a section of track in Galloway. The death was quickly ruled as a suicide, which the Valiante family has disputed in the years since.

She was getting ready to head to college in the fall on several volleyball scholarships.

"There is no history of alcohol. There is no history of depression. She was a happy-go-lucky person," the family's attorney Paul D'Amato told Patch in 2017.

The official story is that Valiante walked four miles to the train tracks without her phone, took off her jean shorts and sneakers and walked in front of a moving train. But the family thinks that she was killed. Read More: Could South Jersey Woman Have Been Kidnapped Before She Died?

In March 2022, D'Amato released a report that concluded that evidence was so poorly handled by NJ Transit Police investigators that they were useless.

"There’s no excuse for evidence being mishandled, even lost as in the case of a bloodied axe and a keychain found at the scene," her parents said in a statement at the time. Read More: Key Evidence In 2015 Train Track Death Was Mishandled: Report

Since her death, the family has been fighting to reopen the case. A July 2022 Daily Beast article details the discrepancies found in the case, along with some evidence pointing towards the death being a suicide, including fights Valiante had with her mother and her recent coming out as gay.

"Unsolved Mysteries" is a Netflix reboot of the original series that first premiered in the 1980s. The show hails from the creators of the original "Unsolved Mysteries" as well as "Stranger Things" producer Shawn Levy and his company 21 Laps Entertainment, according to Netflix. The third volume of the show is set to premiere new episodes weekly on Oct. 18, Oct. 25 and Nov. 1.