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Fred Cohen

Case from Bremerton, WA dated Jan 19, 1970

Victim Details

Fred Cohen

August 7, 2022

Male

Caucasian / White

Bremerton

WA

1970-01-19

1970-01-19

56

Fred

Cohen

06/22/2026


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A prominent attorney is found murdered in his home
On a dark and cold January evening in 1970, prominent Bremerton attorney Fred Cohen, a 56-year-old Caucasian male, was brutally murdered at his waterfront home on Port Washington Narrows. The date was January 19th, and Cohen had just returned to his residence on 17th Street when an unknown assailant ambushed him.

His wife, Katherine, was inside their home preparing dinner when she heard a sound she described as a "horrible firecracker". This was followed by a chilling, loud laugh and the ...
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