Mass Murder Victims on August 26

Mass Murder Victims (6)

Mass Murder Victim

David J. Galvin

Mass murder victim of Emile Pierre Benoist

Male, age 14 · Hackettstown, New Jersey

Killed Aug 26, 1977 · 49 years ago

On a tragic summer day in Hackettstown, New Jersey, 14-year-old David Galvin's life was cut short in a sudden act of violence. It was August 26, 1977, when a gunman, later identified as 20-year-old Emile Benoist, began a shooting rampage along the railroad…

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Jeffrey L Gianquitti

Mass murder victim of Emile Pierre Benoist

Male, age 19 · Hackettstown, New Jersey

Killed Aug 26, 1977 · 49 years ago

On a tragic late afternoon in Hackettstown, New Jersey, a day that would be etched in the community's memory, 19-year-old Jeffrey L. Gianquitti's life was cut short. On August 26, 1977, the young man, a White male, was riding his motorcycle near a railroad…

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William Nagle

Mass murder victim of Emile Pierre Benoist

Male, age 37 · Hackettstown, New Jersey

Killed Aug 26, 1977 · 49 years ago

William Edward Nagle Jr., a 27-year-old male, tragically lost his life on August 26, 1977, in what became a dark day for the small town of Hackettstown, New Jersey. His death was not an isolated incident but part of a horrific mass shooting that sent…

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Clifford C. Sowers

Mass murder victim of Emile Pierre Benoist

Male, age 39 · Hackettstown, New Jersey

Killed Aug 26, 1977 · 49 years ago

On a tragic summer day in Hackettstown, New Jersey, the lives of six individuals, including Clifford Sowers, were cut short in a senseless act of violence. It was August 26, 1977, when a 20-year-old local man, Emile Benoist, armed with a. 44-caliber rifle…

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Robert Visconti

Mass murder victim of Emile Pierre Benoist

Male, age 35 · Hackettstown, New Jersey

Killed Aug 26, 1977 · 49 years ago

On a late summer day in 1977, the quiet community of Hackettstown, New Jersey, was irrevocably shattered by a sudden and unforeseen act of violence. Robert Visconti, a 35-year-old male from the neighboring town of Great Meadows, found himself tragically…

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Stephen Werner

Mass murder victim of Emile Pierre Benoist

Male, age 20 · Hackettstown, New Jersey

Killed Aug 26, 1977 · 49 years ago

On a tragic summer day in 1977, a young man's life was cut short in a senseless act of violence that shook the small town of Hackettstown, New Jersey. Stephen Werner, a 20-year-old male, was one of six people killed on August 26th in a shooting spree along…

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