Maria and Rob Marshall, the Blind Faith Murder
Added 2025-04-05 18:00:08 +0000 UTCThe Marshall family seemed to have it all—wealth, status, and a picture-perfect life in Toms River, New Jersey. But on Thursday, September 7, 1984, tragedy struck when Maria Marshall, a beloved 42-year-old mother of three, was murdered in a parking area off the Garden State Parkway.
What first appeared to be a random robbery quickly unraveled into something far more sinister. As investigators dug deeper, they uncovered a troubled marriage, financial troubles, a torrid love affair, and a murder plot that crossed state lines. The case became one of the most notorious crimes in New Jersey, later documented in Joe McGinniss’s best-selling book and movie Blind Faith.
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Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OzZyF2PUrk&t=597s “Blind Faith” 1990 movie
McGinniss, Joe (2012). Blind Faith. Berkley (originally published 1989).
https://www.newspapers.com/image/145993996/?match=1&terms=Maria%20Marshall
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143002814/robert_oakley-marshall
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/20/nyregion/murder-statement-held-too-devastating-to-reveal.html
