The Ellicott Creek Bike Path follows Ellicott Creek in the Town of Amherst in

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State near the

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, and flows under

Interstate 990 Interstate 990 (I-990) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway located entirely within the town of Amherst in Erie County, New York, in the United States. It runs in a roughly north–south direction for through the southwestern and central par ...

before leaving Amherst by crossing

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(Niagara Falls Boulevard) to enter the Town of Tonawanda at

Ellicott Creek Park Ellicott Creek Park is a park in Erie County, in the U.S. state of New York. The park is in the Town of Tonawanda, northeast of Buffalo, New York. The park lies between Tonawanda Creek and Ellicott Creek. Access is free and it is open to th ...

. The Bike Path runs along

Ellicott Creek Ellicott Creek is a stream in Western New York, United States. It is a tributary of Tonawanda Creek, which in turn flows into the Niagara River. Course Ellicott Creek originates in southwest corner of Genesee County, just northeast of Darien Lak ...

, a stream in

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that is a

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Tonawanda Creek Tonawanda Creek is a small tributary of the Niagara River in Western New York, United States. After rising in Wyoming County, the stream flows through Genesee County before forming part of the boundary between Erie County and Niagara Count ...

, which in turn flows into the

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Site of murder of Linda Yalem

In 1990, the Ellicott Creek Bike Path was the last known location where

(UB) Sophomore Linda Yalem was alive. Yalem studied communications at UB and was training for the

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when she was raped and killed by

Altemio Sanchez Altemio C. Sanchez (born January 19, 1958) is a Puerto Rican serial killer who is known to have raped and murdered at least three women, and raped at least 9 to 15 girls and women in and around Buffalo, New York, during a 31-year span from 1975 ...

on September 29, 1990 while on a run on the Ellicott Creek Bike Path near UB. Her body was found near the Bike Path.

References

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