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Asher Gruenberg

Case from Chicago, IL dated Nov 18, 1974

Victim Details

Asher Gruenberg

Male

Chicago

IL

1974-11-18

50

Asher

Gruenberg

07/21/2026

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Asher Gruenberg, a 50-year-old man from Skokie, Illinois, was tragically killed on November 18, 1974. He had worked for a steel company before joining a construction business. His death was part of a series of violent crimes committed by Gary Duane Rardon, a convicted serial killer and spree killer. Rardon was responsible for the murders of four working men in Chicago over a four-day period in 1974.

Gary Rardon, born on September 4, 1943, in Wayne County, North Carolina, had a troubled pa ...
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  • Gary Rardon - Wikipedia
  • Asher Gruenberg, age 50 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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