Major Benjamin “The Maj” Coxson, 44, was found mortally wounded in his bedroom at his home on Barbara Drive in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, after men in a Cadillac arrived around 4 a.m. on June 8, 1973. Witnesses say the visitors honked, were admitted as expected, and once inside tied up occupants and shot them in what investigators described as a gangland-style execution. Coxson, his companion Louise Luby, and Luby’s teenage daughter Lita were killed; a 13-year-old boy escaped by breaking through a glass door and alerted neighbors.

Two Philadelphia figures, Ronald Harvey and Samuel Christian, were identified as leading suspects; both were at various times placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list in connection with the case, and Harvey was later indicted on counts tied to the attack. Witnesses’ reluctance to testify and gaps in prosecutable evidence prevented convictions in the Cherry Hill killings.

Does anyone have memories of the neighborhood or information about Coxson’s activities in the early 1970s that could help clarify what happened?