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Maurice Cohen

Case from Camden, NJ dated Sep 06, 1949

Victim Details

Dr. Maurice J. Cohen

Male

Camden

NJ

1949-09-06

39

Maurice

Cohen

06/28/2026

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On a warm late summer day in Camden, New Jersey, the lives of a local family were irrevocably shattered. Maurice Cohen, a 39-year-old male pharmacist, was at his family's apartment located above their business, Cohen's Pharmacy. The date was September 6, 1949, a day that would become infamous in the city's history. Maurice, his wife Rose, their 12-year-old son Charles, and Maurice's mother, Minnie, were present when a neighbor, 28-year-old Howard Unruh, began a deadly rampage through their commu ...
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  • Criminal Minds Wiki: Howard Unruh
  • Smithsonian Magazine: The Story of the First Mass Murder in U.S. History
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    I was reading through the details of the "Walk of Death" and couldn’t help but feel so deeply for ... ...Read More
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