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Edward M. Benford, a 55-year-old Caucasian male from Hawthorne, New York, was tragically killed on April 12, 1982, in Manhattan, New York. His death was part of a violent incident that unfolded on the rooftop parking lot of Pier 92, where he and two other CBS employees, Leo Kuranuki, 54, and Robert Schulze, 58, attempted to intervene in a kidnapping. The victim of the abduction, Lena "Margaret" Barbera, was later found murdered. The brutal killings were linked to a larger criminal conspiracy inv ...Read More
Victim Details

Edward Benford

Male

White / Caucasian

Manhattan

NY

1982-04-12

55

Edward

Benford

11/26/2025