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Name: Werner Foerster Badge: # 2608 Class: 82 Rank: Trooper Age: 34 Died: 5-2-1973 DOB: 8-19-1938 Cause: Murdered/Gun Site: NJ TurnpikeM.P.# 83 SB East Brunswick, Middlesex Co. Stationed: Troop "D" New Brunswick Service Time:2 years 10 months Resided:Old Bridge, Middlesex Co.
Birth:
1938
New Jersey, USA
Death:
May 2, 1973
East Brunswick
Middlesex County
New Jersey, USA
NJ State Trooper murdered by Joanne Chesimard of the Black Panther Party after he and his partner stopped the vehicle for a defective tail light. Joanne shot both him and his partner, then took Trooper Foerster's service revolver and shot him twice in the head, execution style. Captured, tried, convicted and sentenced, she was able to escape from prison in 1979 via 3 "visitors" who perfomed an armed jailbreak from Clinton Correctional Institution for Women in Hunterdon County NJ. Several years later, she turned up in Havana Cuba and now lives under the name Assata Shakur and has written several books published here in the USA. She is the Aunt of deceased Rapper Tupac Shakur.
A $ 1,000,000 reward has been offered for her capture and return. Trooper Foerster left behind a wife and 2 children.
Related Line of Duty Deaths
Patrolman Joseph A. Piagentini
New York City Police Department, New York
End of Watch: Friday, May 21, 1971
Cause: Gunfire
Trooper Werner Foerster was shot and killed with his own weapon after stopping a female on the New Jersey Turnpike. His partner was wounded in the shootout. The two suspects were members of the Black Liberation Army. Both suspects were convicted of Trooper Foerster's murder, but the female suspect escaped from prison in 1979 with outside help and fled to Cuba where she has remained at large. An accomplice who helped the second suspect escape was placed on the FBI 10 most wanted list in 1982 and was arrested in 1986 for his involvement in killing two Nyack Policemen in 1981. Trooper Foerster had been a member of the New Jersey State Police Department for almost 3 years. He is survived by his wife and two children and is buried in Beth Abraham Cemetery, East Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The Route 18 overpass on the New Jersey Turnpike was dedicated the Werner Foerster Overpass in his honor. The Black Liberation Army was a violent, radical group that attempted to fight for independence from the United States government in the late 1960's and early 1970's. The BLA was responsible for the murders of more than 10 police officers around the country. They were also responsible for violent attacks around the country that left many police officers wounded. Leave a Reflection · Update Memorial Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/4964-trooper-werner-foerster#ixzz1spVabF9c
