Case Description
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On December 26, 1956, Samuel Cohn, a liquor store owner in East Hartford, Connecticut, was fatally shot in the chest during a robbery. This tragic event was part of a series of violent crimes that terrorized the Hartford area in the mid-1950s, later known as the "Mad Dog Killings."

The perpetrator, Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky, had a history of violent crimes. In 1950, he was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Louis Wolfson, a West Hartford liquor store owner. However, due ...Read More
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Victim Details

Samuel Cohn

Male

Hartford

CT

1956-12-26

Samuel

Cohn

03/22/2025

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