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John Rescigno, a 62-year-old man, was a white resident of Astoria, Queens, whose final hours unfolded in the thick of a New York summer weekend in 1960. On the evening of July 3, he crossed paths with a stranger who seemed down on his luck—Frederick Charles Wood, a recently paroled felon drifting through Manhattan and panhandling for cash—then shared drinks with him and brought him back to the small home Rescigno shared with an elderly roommate.

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  • People v. Wood - Case Law - Cetient
  • 2 MEN FOUND DEAD IN FLAT IN ASTORIA - The New York Times
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