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Richard Jensen

Case from Riverhead, NY dated Dec 06, 1988

Victim Details

Richard Jensen

Male

White / Caucasian

Riverhead

NY

1988-12-06

34

Richard

Jensen

07/16/2026

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Richard Jensen, a White man in his 30s, was home in Riverhead, New York, on the evening of December 6, 1988, settling into the ordinary quiet of his Lincoln Street living room with his young daughter nearby. As the television played, he leaned back with his hands clasped behind his head—an easy, unguarded posture that made what happened next feel impossibly sudden. A shotgun blast tore through the front window, exploding glass across the room and driving buckshot into Jensen’s head. In an in ...
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