206 Cases Solved. Advancing justice for missing persons, unsolved homicides, unidentified and unclaimed remains.
Case Description
Any updates on this case? Let us know!
In the evening hours of a Sunday in Newark, New Jersey, a life was tragically cut short. Lewis Griffith, a 29-year-old male, found himself on Peabody Place on October 23, 2016, when gunfire erupted around 8:30 p.m. The violence of that moment would prove fatal for Griffith, who was shot and pronounced dead at the scene just eleven minutes later.

The aftermath of the shooting set in motion an investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force. Their effo ...Read More
Victim Details

Lewis Griffith

Male

Black / African American

Newark

NJ

2016-10-23

29

Lewis

Griffith

11/19/2025