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Michael Krieger

Case from West Orange, NJ dated Nov 24, 1992

Victim Details

Michael Krieger

Male

West Orange

NJ

1992-11-24

81

Michael

Krieger

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In the quiet community of West Orange, New Jersey, a retired couple, 81-year-old Michael Krieger and his 78-year-old wife Betty, were looking forward to a Thanksgiving celebration in New York with their family in 1992. However, the holiday took a tragic turn, and the couple would never make it to the gathering. Their lives were cut short in a brutal act of violence within the very place they called home.

The day before Thanksgiving, a handyman named Frank Masini, who had done carpentry wo ...
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  • Elderly Couple Die in Attack With Ice Pick - The New York Times
  • A Carpenter Is Suspected In 4 Killings - The New York Times
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