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Eastbound Strangler
The Eastbound Strangler is an unidentified serial killer believed to be responsible for the murders of four women near Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States, in 2006. A $25,000 reward offered for information has gone unclaimed.
1989 · New JerseyUnsolved
Murder of Cissy Stuart
On April 2, 1989, 74-year-old American newspaper owner Emily "Cissy" Stuart was stabbed to death in her home in the borough of Princeton, New Jersey. Her fully clothed body was discovered two days later in her locked basement with no signs of a struggle, and nothing was missing from the house. The Mercer County medical examiner found five stab wounds on her back.
1964 · New JerseyMissingPaul Fronczak triple disappearance
On April 27, 1964, a one-day old infant, Paul Joseph Fronczak, was kidnapped from Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. A woman dressed as a nurse had entered the hospital room of Dora Fronczak and told her the doctor needed to examine the baby; Dora handed the baby to the unknown woman, who left the hospital with the baby and never returned. Two years later, the FBI told the baby's parents that they believed…
2005 · New JerseyUnsolvedKilling of Geetha Angara
On the afternoon of February 9, 2005, the body of 43-year-old Geetha Angara (born July 15, 1961) a chemist, was found in a water tank at the Passaic Valley Water Commission treatment facility in Totowa, New Jersey, United States, after the tanks had been drained. She had not been seen since the previous morning when she had gone to the water tanks to take samples; items she had been carrying when she was last seen…
2019 · Newark, New JerseyUnidentifiedUnidentified person, Newark, New Jersey (2019)
An unidentified person was found in Newark, New Jersey on August 15, 2019. No name has been established. NamUs case UP156080.
1966 · New JerseyOverturned
Rubin Carter
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (May 6, 1937 – April 20, 2014) was an American middleweight boxer who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for murder, until released following a petition of habeas corpus after spending 18 years and 4 months in prison. In 1966, Carter and his co-accused, John Artis, were arrested for a triple homicide which was committed at the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson, New Jersey, United…
1966 · New JerseyUnsolved
Murder of Wendy Wolin
The murder of Wendy Wolin is an unsolved child murder which occurred in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on the afternoon of March 8, 1966, in which a seven-year-old girl was stabbed to death with a hunting knife by a lone, middle-aged male while walking along a street less than 1,000 feet from her home. Initially, Wolin believed she had been punched by her murderer, although she soon lapsed into a state of shock from the…
1996 · New JerseyMissingDisappearance of Susan Walsh
Susan Walsh (née Merchant; born February 18, 1960) is an American writer and freelance journalist who disappeared outside her home in Nutley, New Jersey on July 16, 1996. Her disappearance was widely publicized into the late 1990s, especially after several newspapers and media outlets published articles suggesting possible links to the Russian mafia or New York City's underground vampire community, both subjects she…
1972 · New JerseyUnsolved
Murder of Dolores Della Penna
The murder of Dolores Della Penna is an unsolved murder case dating from July 1972 in which a 17-year-old high school graduate was abducted, tortured, murdered and dismembered by an unknown number of individuals in Kensington, Philadelphia. Her dismembered torso, arms and legs were later discovered in New Jersey, although her head has never been found. Although the motive for Della Penna's abduction and murder…
2000 · Englewood, New JerseyMissingEdelmirio Becerra
Edelmirio Becerra, 55 at the time, was last known to be in Englewood, New Jersey on March 12, 2000. NamUs case MP17909.
1982 · New JerseyUnsolvedMurder of Dawn Olanick
Dawn Rita Olanick (August 5, 1964 – c. July 1982), previously known as Princess Doe, was an unidentified American teenage decedent from Bohemia, New York, who was found murdered in Cedar Ridge Cemetery in Blairstown Township, New Jersey on July 15, 1982. Her face had been bludgeoned beyond recognition.
1978 · New JerseyMissingClinton Avenue Five
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.
1974 · New JerseyMissing
Disappearance of Margaret Ellen Fox
Margaret Ellen “Maggie” Fox (born February 4, 1960) was a 14-year-old American girl who vanished under suspicious circumstances in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1974.
1962 · New JerseyMissing
William Ebeneezer Jones Jr.
William Ebeneezer Jones Jr (March 5, 1959 – disappeared December 17, 1962), also known as Billy Jones, was three years old when he was last seen outside of his neighbor's house in Vineland, New Jersey around 11:45 a.m on December 17, 1962. His case is considered one of the oldest missing children under-five-years-old cases in New Jersey.
1887 · New JerseyUnsolved
Rahway murder of 1887
The Rahway murder of 1887 is the murder of an unidentified young woman whose body was found in Rahway, New Jersey on March 25, 1887. She is also known as the Unknown Woman or the Rahway Jane Doe. Four brothers traveling to work at the felt mills by Bloodgood's Pond in Clark, New Jersey early one morning found the young woman lying off Central Avenue near Jefferson Avenue several hundred feet from the Central Avenue…
2019 · New JerseyMissing
Disappearance of Dulce Maria Alavez
Dulce Maria Alavez (born April 25, 2014 – disappeared September 16, 2019) is an American girl who vanished near Bridgeton City Park in Bridgeton, New Jersey, and is believed to have been abducted. A reward has been offered for finding Alavez.
2025 · Kearny, New JerseyMissingIssam Eladani
Issam Eladani, 46 at the time, was last known to be in Kearny, New Jersey on July 16, 2025. NamUs case MP158090.
1979 · Camden, New JerseyUnidentifiedUnidentified woman, Camden, New Jersey (1979)
An unidentified woman was found in Camden, New Jersey on April 28, 1979. No name has been established. NamUs case UP1693.
1997 · Newark, New JerseyUnidentifiedUnidentified woman, Newark, New Jersey (1997)
An unidentified woman was found in Newark, New Jersey on January 20, 1997. No name has been established. NamUs case UP1776.
2008 · Jersey City, New JerseyUnidentifiedUnidentified man, Jersey City, New Jersey (2008)
An unidentified man was found in Jersey City, New Jersey on July 29, 2008. No name has been established. NamUs case UP6785.
2022 · Jersey City, New JerseyUnidentifiedUnidentified woman, Jersey City, New Jersey (2022)
An unidentified woman was found in Jersey City, New Jersey on December 31, 2022. No name has been established. NamUs case UP101204.
2010 · North Bergen, New JerseyUnidentifiedUnidentified man, North Bergen, New Jersey (2010)
An unidentified man was found in North Bergen, New Jersey on June 3, 2010. No name has been established. NamUs case UP10324.
2026 · Stanhope, New JerseyUnidentifiedUnidentified man, Stanhope, New Jersey (2026)
An unidentified man was found in Stanhope, New Jersey on May 26, 2026. No name has been established. NamUs case UP163494.
2024 · Wharton, New JerseyMissingAdam Ishak
Adam Ishak, 20 at the time, was last known to be in Wharton, New Jersey on February 29, 2024. NamUs case MP155525.