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20 Years Later, Detectives Still Pursue Cold-Blooded Christmastime Killing Of Clifton Grandma 20 Years Later, Detectives Still Pursue Cold-Blooded Christmastime Killing Of Clifton Grandma
20 Years Later, Detectives Still Pursue Cold-Blooded Christmastime Killing Of Clifton Grandma Before the explosion of social media and cold-case TV shows and streams, a beloved grandmother was stabbed dead in her Clifton home. Known for her generous volunteer work, Gertrude Bizarro, 72, was the matriarch of her family and the de facto grandmother of her Dutch Hill neighborhood, a row of two-story homes near the Passaic border. She was "all-around great woman loved by many," recalled Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken, who knew her. Twenty years ago this Saturday, Bizarro's husband took their youngest daughter to a hair appointment in anticipation of a Christmas gathering i…

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