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Minerva Hill

Case from Paulsboro, NJ dated Jun 10, 1979

Victim Details

Minerva Hill

December 19, 2022

Female

African-American / Black

Paulsboro

NJ

1979-06-10

1979-06-10

23

Minerva

Hill

07/07/2026


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In the summer of 1979, the community of Paulsboro, New Jersey, was shaken by the discovery of a young woman's body. Minerva Hill, a 23-year-old African-American female, was found deceased on Sunday, June 10, 1979. Her body had been left in an open area near the Paulsboro water tower, close to the intersection of Berkley Road and Swedesboro Avenue.

Investigators determined that Minerva Hill died from blunt force trauma to the head. When she was found, she was fully clothed and wrapped in a ...
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