Murder of Wendy Wolin
- Year
- 1966
- Where
- New Jersey
- Source
- Wikipedia
- Evidence
- 1
The murder of Wendy Wolin is an unsolved child murder which occurred in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on the afternoon of March 8, 1966, in which a seven-year-old girl was stabbed to death with a hunting knife by a lone, middle-aged male while walking along a street less than 1,000 feet from her home. Initially, Wolin believed she had been punched by her murderer, although she soon lapsed into a state of shock from the…
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