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Case Description

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Irving Flax was a 58-year-old man from Fair Lawn, New Jersey, who left his home on the morning of January 23, 1989, intending to drive to his job as a business executive at a warehouse in Secaucus. He never made it out of his driveway. Before he could get into his car, he was seized by John Martini, a career swindler, and Martini's girlfriend and accomplice, Theresa Afdahl, who forced him into his own vehicle and drove away, turning an ordinary winter workday into the beginning of a kidnapping-f ...Read More

Victim Details

Irving Flax

Male

Fair Lawn

NJ

1989-01

58

Irving

Flax

04/27/2026