Who stabbed and killed 7 year old Wendy Wolin on a street in Elizabeth, New Jersey?
Wendy Wolin was born on August 20, 1958 and grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey. in March 1966, she was living with her mother, older sister and stepfather in an apartment, as her parents had divorced several years earlier.
On March 8 1966, Wendy and her mother were leaving to run an errand. Wendy had asked to to wait on the street while her mother pulled the car out of the apartment building parking lot. As Wendy walked along to the meeting place on Irvington Ave, a man described as "stocky with a green corduroy coat and fedora," came by from the other direction and thrust a $1.50 hunting knife into the little girl's stomach. Wendy cried out in pain and the man continued on his way. Several witnesses came immediately to Wendy's aid and walked her to a nearby fire department.
Wendy initially told the fireman and other witnesses that the man had punched her in the stomach. However, the firemen discovered that Wendy was bleeding. Wendy was rushed to the hospital where she would die within an hour. A stab wound had lacerated her liver and there was internal bleeding.
Soon a manhunt for the killer emerged. The killer was described as a man in his mid to late forties, was about six feet tall and possibly weighed 220 pounds. He also had a muscular frame. People in prisons and mental hospitals were questioned. It wasn't until 1995 that a suspect was identified when a tip from an "unnamed Elizabeth woman who was at the scene when Wendy was stabbed." According to one detective, something jogged the woman's memory in which she remembered a specific man. This man was questioned several times but was never charged.
Wendy's murder has never been solved. Her family had trouble even mentioning her name after her murder. Her murder continues to haunt the city of Elizabeth, as Wendy lived in a good part of town and the crime was so senseless.
https://www.nj.com/union/2016/10/memorial_marks_spot_of_50-year-old_unsolved_child.html