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In June of 1996, a 49-year-old woman named Catherine Dext was admitted to the Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township, New Jersey, for a ruptured spleen. Her condition, while serious, was not considered terminal. However, her life was cut short in a manner that would only be understood years later as the work of a serial killer. Dext, a supervisor at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women, was described by a colleague as a low-key person who consistently fulfilled her duties.
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Victim Details

Catherine A. Dext

Female

Raritan Township

NJ

1996-06-09

49

Catherine

A. Dext

12/14/2025