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Jennie Bosschieter, murder victim. Jennie Bosschieter (1883–1900) was a 17-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Paterson, New Jersey, on October 19, 1900. [1] She was an early victim of the date rape drug chloral hydrate which caused her death. Her death received national news coverage and was described as "one of the most revolting ...
The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey crime family or the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, [ 2] Newark, West New York [ 4] and the surrounding areas. The family is part of the nationwide criminal network known as the ...
The Hall–Mills murder case involved Edward Wheeler Hall, an Episcopal priest, and Eleanor Mills, a member of his choir with whom he was having an affair, both of whom were murdered on September 14, 1922, in Somerset, New Jersey, United States. Hall's wife and her brothers were accused of committing the murders, but were acquitted in a 1926 trial.
Patricia Lee Partin was among four women who left Los Angeles, California, and disappeared alongside Florinda Donner in 1998; her remains were found in the desert sands of Death Valley in 2003. Partin's cause of death remains unknown. [ 222] Greek philosopher Dimitris Liantinis (55) disappeared on 1 June 1998.
Each child was held alive from 4 to 19 days before being killed. The boys were sexually assaulted. Their deaths triggered a murder investigation which at the time was the largest in U.S. history. [19] The murders are still unsolved. Randall Reffett and Samuel Stapleton: May 14, 1976 15, 14 Chicago, Illinois Solved Victims of serial killer John ...
New Jersey executed a total of 361 people from its inception to the abolition of the death penalty on December 17, 2007. [ 1] The first person executed was a slave known to history only as Tom for a rape in 1690. The last execution was of Ralph Hudson for murder on January 22, 1963. Of those executions, 187 occurred in the 20th century. [ 2]
Frank Richardson (44), an American merchant who was shot and killed inside his Savannah, Missouri home on Christmas Eve in 1900. Stuart Fife, an employee at his store, and Frank's wife, Addie Richardson, were tried separately for the murder, but neither was convicted. The murder remains unsolved.
The Lucchese crime family's New Jersey faction, also known as the Jersey Crew, [2] is a powerful crew within the Lucchese crime family. The members operate throughout the Northern New Jersey area. During the 1970s into the late 1980s, the crew was led by Anthony Accetturo and his protégé Michael Taccetta . [ 2 ]