In the late summer of 1978, a group of five teenage friends, including 16-year-old Alvin Turner, vanished from the streets of Newark, New Jersey, leaving their families in a state of perpetual anguish. On the evening of August 20th, Alvin, alongside his companions Randy Johnson, Michael McDowell, Melvin Pittman, and Ernest Taylor, was last seen enjoying a game of basketball at West Side Park. Following their game, the boys reportedly entered a pickup truck driven by a local carpenter who sometim
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