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Edwin Helfant

Death by Force
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Edwin Helfant, a 51-year-old male lawyer and part-time municipal judge from Atlantic County, New Jersey, found his life cut short in a brazen, gangland-style execution on the evening of February 15, 1978. While seated with his wife, Marcie, and a business associate at the Flamingo Motel's cocktail lounge on Pacific Avenue in Atlantic City, a man posing as a motel employee approached their table carrying a snow shovel. In a swift and shocking moment of violence, the man steadied himself and fired ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Edwin Helfant

    Male

    White / Caucasian

    Atlantic City

    NJ

    1978-02-15

    51

    Edwin

    Helfant

    11/19/2025

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