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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…