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Memorial Day weekend 1969 is remembered for one of the most famous unsolved murder cases in New Jersey history.
Two college girls had spent several days in Ocean City; they left early Friday morning to beat the holiday traffic. After having breakfast at the Somers Point diner, they traveled north on the Garden State Parkway.
A few hours later, a state trooper found the car abandoned, but didn’t launch an investigation. The car sat in a garage until word that the girls were missing was announced.
The nation first learned details of the story when the Associated Press broke on June 3.
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