Clinton Avenue Five
- Year
- 1978
- Where
- New Jersey
- Source
- Wikipedia
- Evidence
- 1
The Clinton Avenue Five are five young men who disappeared on August 20, 1978, in Newark, New Jersey. The name is derived from the street where they were last seen. The case eventually went cold.
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Podcast episodes
- The Clinton Avenue Five Murders: Five boys vanish in Newark, NJDark Hearts with Stacy Lee · 2026
- 062 - The Disappearance of the Clinton Avenue FiveTrace Evidence · 2018
- Episode 50 - The Clinton Avenue FiveBetween The Cracks · 2021
- Murder Murder News: The Clinton Avenue FiveFruitloops: Serial Killers of Color · 2022
- The Missing Clinton Avenue FiveMurdered and Missing News True Crime · 2021
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