Justice for Joan Webster

The Websters' received at least three extortion calls regarding Joan.

None of these incidents were ever made public or reported in the media.

Authorities were unable to trace the entire number from the trap on the Websters' home phone line.

The call was traced to a Nutley, NJ exchange including 284.

Caller placed two calls to the Websters' home number. The phone had a trap to tape the call.

The caller demanded $20, 000 in small bills to be delivered by George Webster in NYC.

George was to wear a blue hat and coat.

The caller warned him not to contact the police.

Glen Ridge, NJ Police and the Newark office of the FBI were involved.

The caller, later identified as known felon Harvey Martel, placed three calls to the Websters' home number.

Eleanor Webster notified authorities of the second call from a neighbor's phone instead of using the second line in the home in George Webster's study.

A meeting was arranged outside the Statehouse in Concord, NH, on October 15, 1982.

SA Frank Barletto from the Newark office of the FBI posed as George's cousin for the meeting. 

The three men travelled by car across state lines to a bogus address in Boston. The car and George Webster were wired and tracked by the FBI.

Martel was then taken to the Boston office of the FBI, questioned, and fingerprinted. He was then released with no charges filed.

The Webster home number was 744-0322.

The second line, 744-4278, was in George's upstairs study across the hall from Joan's bedroom in Glen Ridge, NJ.

This number was not provided to the Glen Ridge Police. No calls were checked from this line.

Number recorded by Joan's brother Steve in his directory.

During a phone call on March 24, 2009, Joan's brother denied any knowledge of extortion incident 3.

The above slide was taken from a PowerPoint presentation of Joan Webster's murder.