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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 ...Read More
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Dr. Maurice J. Cohen
Male
Camden
NJ
1949-09-06
39
Maurice
Cohen
11/17/2025
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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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