The Motorcycle Gang: The Unsolved Murder of the Deal Family

A family of three is brutally murdered in their rural New Jersey home in 1978. Police dismissed early rumors of connections to a violent motorcycle gang, but as the years went on they began to lean into that theory more, especially after a chillingly similar crime 3.5 years later. While many accept this theory, some say the killings feel more personal and fall outside of the way outlaw motorcycle gangs operate. Despite extensive theories and speculation, the triple homicide remains unresolved nearly fifty years later, with surviving family members continuing to seek answers that may provide closure.

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