PURE EVIL. A New Jersey man who pleaded guilty to murdering five teens ended the saga in one of the Garden State's oldest active cold cases. Philander Hampton, of Jersey City, told cops he and his cousin, Lee Evans, lured the teens to a ramshackle area of Newark and into an abandoned house with the promise of jobs--then they locked them inside and set the firetrap ablaze. The
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
PHILANDER HAMPTON PLEADS GUILTY TO '78 MASSACRE
PURE EVIL. A New Jersey man who pleaded guilty to murdering five teens ended the saga in one of the Garden State's oldest active cold cases. Philander Hampton, of Jersey City, told cops he and his cousin, Lee Evans, lured the teens to a ramshackle area of Newark and into an abandoned house with the promise of jobs--then they locked them inside and set the firetrap ablaze. The
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