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Case Description
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Joseph Hicks, a 59-year-old African-American man, walked into work on the morning of February 14, 1977, expecting an ordinary start to the day at Neptune World Wide Moving in New Rochelle. Instead, the warehouse turned into a killing ground when a suspended employee, Frederick W. Cowan, came back armed and looking for revenge.

Witnesses and later accounts describe Cowan arriving dressed in military-style clothing and carrying a small arsenal. Inside the terminal, he confronted coworkers ...Read More
Victim Details

Joseph Hicks

Male

Black / African American

New-rochelle

NY

1977-02-14

60

Joseph

Hicks

01/10/2026