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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 ...Read More
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Richard E. Mcgilvery
Male
White / Caucasian
New Brunswick
NJ
1978-10-06
33
Richard
Mcgilvery
11/20/2025
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I've been following the details of Detective McGilvery’s tragic passing, and something that's been... ...Read More
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