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Lita Sonrisa Luby

Case from Cherry Hill, NJ dated Jun 08, 1973

Victim Details

Lita Sonrisa Luby

Female

Cherry Hill

NJ

1973-06-08

16

Lita

Sonrisa Luby

07/06/2026

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In the quiet, affluent neighborhood of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, the evening of June 8, 1973, was shattered by an eruption of brutal violence that would claim the life of 16-year-old Lita Sonrisa Luby. That fateful night, Lita, a female, was at her family's home on Barbara Drive with her mother, Lois Luby, and her two younger brothers, Toro and Lex. The home belonged to Major Benjamin Coxson, a prominent and controversial figure with known connections to the Philadelphia Black Mafia, and the comm ...
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