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In August 1922, Ocean County experienced what would become one of its most famous murder cases.
William Giberson was found shot in the head as he lay in his Lakehurst bed. His wife, Ivy, claimed two burglars had entered the house, tied her up and shot her husband during a struggle.
Immediately, Ocean County Prosecutor Wilfred Jayne felt something didn’t add up and immediately asked for assistance from one of the nation’s best-known detectives, Ellis Parker.
Parker had a summer house on Long Beach Island, and within hours of the murder he was at the crime scene.
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