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Richard Mcgilvery

Case from New Brunswick, NJ dated Oct 06, 1978

Victim Details

Richard E. Mcgilvery

Male

White / Caucasian

New Brunswick

NJ

1978-10-06

33

Richard

Mcgilvery

06/23/2026

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On an autumn evening in New Brunswick, New Jersey, a dedicated police detective's life was cut tragically short in a sudden and unforeseen incident. Richard E. McGilvery, a 33-year-old male officer with the Rutgers University Police Department, was in the midst of his duties on October 6, 1978, when the unexpected occurred. He and his partner were actively responding to a report of a burglary in progress on the Douglass Campus, a situation that officers routinely face, yet one that always carrie ...
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