Crime
Minnie Fulton
Documented account
A passing driver found Fulton near Chatsworth Lake; an autopsy identified strangulation, and police charged Barry Hill with murder.
Reported sequence
Police said Hill, a dishwasher at the Cherry Hill nightclub Pavio’s Cheze Antinio (spelling as OCRed), met Fulton at a Barnegat bar Saturday night. They drove in her car to a diner. Investigators alleged that after returning early Sunday he strangled her, put her in the trunk, and drove for about twelve hours. After spending the day with friends at a picnic area near Chatsworth, he allegedly left the body near the lake, drove the car near Waretown, and set it on fire.
Fulton’s three sons discovered her absence Sunday. She worked in a supermarket produce department. The initial notice described an unidentified, clothed woman without shoes and said the body was taken to Rancocas Valley Hospital in Willingboro for autopsy. Hill was first detained as a material witness and later charged; the source record does not contain the case outcome.
Sources
Two unidentified 1974 clippings: initial Woodland discovery notice and UPI follow-up, “Dishwasher Charged With Killing Widow.” Exact dates and pages require verification.