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Barricaded Jersey City Woman Charged With Hiding Mom's Remains Barricaded Jersey City Woman Charged With Hiding Mom's Remains
Barricaded Jersey City Woman Charged With Hiding Mom's Remains A Jersey City woman was charged with hiding the remains of her mother after a SWAT standoff that lasted several hours over the weekend, authorities announced Monday. Cheryl Gatling, 53, refused to let police inside of an Arlington Avenue apartment for more than three hours Saturday evening, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. When she finally did, authorities found the deteriorated body of her 78-year-old mother, Dorothy Gatling, Suarez said. The elder Gatling was pronounced deceased at 11:47 p.m. and is believed to have been dead for an extended period of time, authorities s…

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by Cecilia Levine