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Murder Victim. Born Victoria Ann Zielinski in Bergen County, New Jersey, she was the daughter of Anthony and Mary Zielinski. A sophomore at Ramsey High School in Mahwah, she achieved the honor role, and also enjoyed a place on the cheerleading squad.
Sep 7, 2022 · In 1971, Edgar Smith became a free man after spending more than 14 years on death row in New Jersey for the 1957 murder of 15-year-old Victoria Zielinski, who was bludgeoned to death with rocks and a baseball bat.
Sep 24, 2017 · It has been 52 years since Smith abducted 15-year-old Ramsey High School cheerleader Victoria Zielinski on a remote road on a March night and dragged her to a Mahwah sandpit, where he crushed...
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Sep 24, 2017 · Victoria Zielinski was a 15-year-old high school student when she was killed in 1957. Associated Press. Just inside the sand pit, the searchers came upon Victoria’s body. She had been...
Feb 22, 2022 · In 1957, a 15-year-old white girl, Victoria Ann Zielinski, was brutally murdered by a white man named Edgar Smith. He was caught, rather quickly, and didn't officially confess to police, although he did say things like "it hit me really hard — I must have been the one who really did it."
Feb 23, 2022 · In 1957, a 15-year-old girl named Victoria Zielinski never returned home after visiting a friend. The police quickly made an arrest in what seemed like an open-and-shut case: Edgar Smith, who...
Jan 1, 2022 · In the 1960s, Edgar Smith, in prison and sentenced to death for the murder of teenager Victoria Zielinski, struck up a correspondence with William F. Buckley, the founder of National Review.
