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Helen Dean

Case from Phillipsburg, NJ dated Sep 01, 1993

Victim Details

Helen Dean

Female

White / Caucasian

Phillipsburg

NJ

1993-09-01

91

Helen

Dean

07/14/2026

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Helen Dean was a 91-year-old Caucasian woman from the Phillipsburg–Lopatcong Township area of New Jersey who entered Warren Hospital in 1993 for cancer surgery and never came home. She had lived long enough to see her family grown and settled, and in the late summer of that year she went into the local hospital expecting a difficult but routine recovery from her operation. Instead, her final days unfolded inside a single room on a ward where, unbeknownst to patients and families, a quiet nurse ...
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  • Family Quest Leads to Exhumation in Case of Suspect Nurse
  • SON'S TRAGIC QUEST; BID TO BRING KILLER NURSE TO JUSTICE
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    I've been following the story of Helen Dean closely, and I just can't stop thinking about her son, L... ...Read More
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