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Richard Nettleton

Case from Queens, NY dated Dec 07, 1993

Victim Details

Richard C. Nettleton

Male

White / Caucasian

Queens

NY

1993-12-07

24

Richard

Nettleton

07/07/2026

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Richard Nettleton, a 24-year-old man from Queens, New York, was riding the Long Island Rail Road on the evening of December 7, 1993, when an ordinary commute turned into a moving nightmare. The eastbound 5:33 p.m. train had left Penn Station and made a stop at Jamaica in Queens, blending the city’s rush-hour pulse with the quieter expectation of getting home. Somewhere in the third car, a passenger named Colin Ferguson sat with a 9mm Ruger pistol and a large supply of ammunition, waiting as th ...
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