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Rose Cohen

Case from Camden, NJ dated Sep 06, 1949

Victim Details

Rose Fine Cohen

Female

White / Caucasian

Camden

NJ

1949-09-06

38

Rose

Cohen

06/21/2026

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In the late summer of 1949, a wave of violence shattered the peace of a Camden, New Jersey neighborhood, forever altering the lives of many, including that of 38-year-old Rose Cohen. A wife and mother, she lived in an apartment above her husband's pharmacy, a place that would tragically become a scene of unimaginable horror. On September 6th, what began as an ordinary day descended into a nightmare when a neighbor, Howard Unruh, a 28-year-old World War II veteran, embarked on a deadly rampage th ...
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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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