Thursday, August 20, 2009
The Clinton Avenue Five
Thirty-one years ago
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
five teenage boys vanished after playing basketball in Newark, N.J. They were never heard from again.In May, Newark PD was hinting around they might be on to something, but since then, nothing.Their remains were never found, Social Security numbers never used -- and no arrests have ever been made. But the community has never forgotten its tragic loss.
Melvin Pittman, 17, Randy Johnson, 16, Ernest Taylor, 17, Alvin Turner, 16, and Michael McDowell, 16, who have become known as "The Clinton Avenue Five," vanished Aug. 20, 1978.
Labels: in the news
