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Bergen-Based Cold-Case Squad Cracks Newark Murder, Accused Irvington Gunman Captured
A cold-case task force created in Bergen County cracked a 10-year-old Newark murder with the arrest of an East Orange man.
The victim, 31-year-old Philip Quale, was killed by several gunshots on the 17th floor of a First Street high rise on Dec. 27, 2009, authorities said Thursday.
What initially was an exhaustive investigation didn’t produce an arrest, and the case went cold, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose, III said in a joint release.
The investigation was revived by the N…
Bergen-Based Cold Case Unit Cracks Newark Killing
A new cold-case task force created in Bergen County solved the four-year-old slaying of a Newark man in his apartment with the arrest of an Irvington man, authorities said.
Victor Taylor, 47, struck 46-year-old Mark Holley with an object and then strangled him in the South 16th Street apartment on Feb. 1, 2015, they said.
What initially was an exhaustive investigation didn’t produce an arrest, and the case went cold, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose, III said in a joint release…
