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Case Description
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In the late summer of 1982, the Jersey Shore was gripped by a series of terrifying events that would eventually uncover a grim saga of violence. One of the victims in this dark chapter was William J. Ward, a 34-year-old man from North Wildwood, New Jersey. His life was cut short in September of that year in the seaside city of Asbury Park, a community that was unknowingly harboring a predator.

Ward's death was not an isolated incident but part of a string of murders committed by a man nam ...Read More
Victim Details

William J. Ward

Male

White / Caucasian

Asbury Park

NJ

1982-09-21

34

William

J. Ward

11/19/2025