NJ state trooper killed 49 years ago today; convicted murderer Joanne Chesimard remains at-large in Cuba
New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster was killed in the line of duty on this day back on May 2, 1973.
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May 2, 2022, 12:50 PM
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Updated 715 days ago
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Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster was killed in the line of duty on this day
back on May 2, 1973.
Foerster
was providing back-up for a routine traffic stop when gunfire was erupted. He died from
multiple shots to the chest.
One
of the suspects died in the shooting. The other, Joanne Chesimard, was
convicted of first degree murder, but escaped in 1980 and was granted asylum in
Cuba.
She
remains on the FBI's Most Wanted List.
