Murders:1978 Cold-Case Solved
On August - 30 - 2011
Philander Hampton, of Jersey City, pled guilty to murdering five teenagers in Newark in 1978.
NJ Man Pleads Guilty In Murder Of 5 Teens
NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey man pleaded guilty Tuesday to murdering five teenagers in 1978 in what was one of the state’s longest-running cold cases. Philander Hampton, of Jersey City, told police three years ago that he and a cousin, Lee Evans of nearby Irvington, lured the teens to an abandoned house in Newark with the promise of odd jobs, then locked them inside and set the house on fire.
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