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Thomas Neilan

Case from Queens, NY dated Nov 08, 1980

Victim Details

Investigator Thomas H. Neilan

Male

White / Caucasian

Queens

NY

1980-11-08

24

Thomas

Neilan

07/01/2026

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On the night of November 8, 1980, Thomas Neilan, a 24-year-old white male, was returning to his home on 216th Street in Queens, New York. As he pulled into his driveway, his life took a violent and tragic turn. Two men approached his vehicle and, at gunpoint, forced their way inside. Neilan, a Special Investigator for the New York State Office of the Attorney General, was then forced to drive to another location in an apparent abduction and robbery.

Despite the grave danger he was in, Nei ...
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