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'I Killed My Wife', NJ Man Tells Cops: Prosecutor
A 60-year-old East Brunswick man has been arrested and charged after he admitted to killing his wife on Friday, Feb. 28, authorities said. At 12:14 p.m., Ashraf Tawfik walked into the East Brunswick Police Department and told them he killed his wife, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Frank LoSacco of the East Brunswick Police Department said. Authorities responded to his residence on Yorktown Road and found Marsail Botros, 58, of East Brunswick, dead at the scene, authorities said. Tawfik was arrested without incident and charged with murder in t…
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Double Homicide: Westwood Teen Who Beat Aunts Dead Faces Life In Prison, DA Says
A teen accused of brutally killing her two aunts inside a Rockland County home has been indicted on multiple murder charges and faces life behind bars, prosecutors announced. Alan "Alina" Abad, 19, of Westwood, New Jersey, was arraigned on Tuesday, Feb. 25, in Rockland County Court, where a grand jury indicted them on one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder, according to Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II. Prosecutors allege that on Saturday, Feb. 15, around 6:30 p.m., Abad beat their two aunts, Evelyn Aguilar-Agustin and Anabelly Aguilar, t…
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: Mugshot Released Of Ex-College Soccer Star Accused In Brother's Princeton Murder
Daily Voice has exclusively obtained the mugshot of 31-year-old Matthew Hertgen, a former Wesleyan University soccer player accused of murder in his brother Joseph Hertgen's death. Hertgen's charges were announced Monday, Feb. 24, by Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey, following the Saturday, Feb. 22 death of 26-year-old Joseph Hertgen in Princeton. Matthew is also charged with third- and fourth-degree weapons offenses for allegedly possessing a knife and a golf club, as well as third-degree animal cruelty for the death of a cat found inside the apartment, Marbrey said. The NY…
Police & Fire
Dad Charged With Homicide In Death Of Emaciated Son, 4, At NJ Hotel: Prosecutor
A New Jersey father has been charged with murder in the death of his 4-year-old son, who was found emaciated and covered in injuries inside a Franklin Township hotel, authorities said. Sean Tate, 36, of Woodbridge, was arrested on Tuesday, Feb. 18, and charged with first-degree murder and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, Somerset County First Assistant Prosecutor Annemarie L. Mueller announced. Franklin Township Police responded to a hotel in Franklin Township on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, at 3:24 p.m. for a report of an unresponsive child, Mueller said. Tate told officers that…
Police & Fire
NJ Teen Beat Victims Dead To Stop Them From Calling 911, New Details Show
More chilling details have emerged in a double homicide in Rockland County, where the 19-year-old suspect posted a wholesome TikTok video before allegedly beating two victims to death to stop them from calling for help, police said. Alan "Alina" Abad of Westwood, NJ is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Evelyn Aguilar-Agustin and Anabelly Aguilar, whose bodies were discovered inside a Gesner Drive residence in Spring Valley around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, according to the Spring Valley Police Department. According to a criminal complaint, Abad allegedly beat both vict…
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Details Released In Cult Leader Arrest For Parent's, Border Agent’s Murders
A bizarre twist has emerged in the murders of a Pennsylvania couple and the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont, as suspects with ties to a cult-like group have been arrested. Michelle Jacqueline Zajko, 32, of Media, Pennsylvania, Jack Amadeus LaSota, 34, of Berkeley, California, and Daniel Arthur Blank, 26, of Sacramento, California, were arrested in Allegany County, Maryland, according to the Maryland State Police in a statement released on Monday, Feb. 17. The trio was taken into custody in the 10,000 block of Piney Mountain Road in Frostburg, Maryland at around 2:30 p.m. on…
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Accused Bergen County Killer Danced On TikTok Hours Before Double Homicide In NY
A 19-year-old from New Jersey has been charged with first-degree murder after two women were found dead in a Rockland County apartment, authorities said. Alan "Alina" Abad, of Westwood, is believed to have killed two females in an apartment on Gesner Drive in Spring Valley, who were found by officers performing a welfare check around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, Chief Richard Oleszczuk said. Both victims had severe head injuries, the chief said. One was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other was rushed to Westchester Medical Center, where she later died, police said. As of press …
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5 Nabbed In Murder Of Missing Trans Man Who Faced 'Prolonged Violence' In NY: Police
Five suspects have been charged in the brutal killing of a missing transgender man who died after repeated acts of violence and torture for more than a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field, New York State Police said. The investigation began on Sunday, Feb. 9. Troopers in Ontario County from the Canandaigua barracks, located about an hour west of Syracuse, initiated a missing person case after receiving a welfare check request for Sam (Samantha) Nordquist, age 24, originally from Minnesota. Authorities determined he had been staying at Patty’s Lodge i…
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Luigi Mangione Breaks His Silence: Murder Suspect Releases First Public Statement
More than two months after his arrest in the Dec. 4, 2024, murder of Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione has broken his silence. The 26-year-old Towson, MD native, and Penn graduate released a statement through a website created by his legal team — luigimangioneinfo.com — which they say was created in response to an outpouring of messages. The statement reads: "I am overwhelmed by - and grateful for - everyone who has written me to share their stories and express their support. Powerfully, this support has transcended political, racial, and even class divisions, as mail has flooded MD…
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: NJ Veterinarian's Accused Killer Pictured In Newly-Released Photo
A 27-year-old Oregon man has been arrested and charged with murder in the first degree for fatal stabbing a veterinarian last December in Cherry Hill authorities announced on Friday, Feb. 14. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024 at 7:09 a.m., Cherry Hill police responded to the 100 block of Sharrowvalle Road and found Dr. Michael Anthony, a veterinarian with a practice in Haddon Heights, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said. Cristiano Custodio-Aquino was identified as the person responsible and was apprehended on Tuesday, Feb. 11 in Fresno, Calif., by the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific…
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Dad, 41, Killed In Front Of 10-Year-Old Son, Family Member Arrested In Wildwood Crest: Police
A 10-year-old boy witnessed his 41-year-old father's murder at the hands of a 63-year-old family member in Wildwood Crest on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 12, according to police paperwork obtained by Daily Voice. A criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice says that Carmine Neri shot Joseph Falciani at an East Cresse Avenue home around 3:45 p.m., in the presence of Falciani's son. The 911 caller directed police inside of the home where she said the shooter remained, police paperwork says. There, they saw Neri, with a black and silver handgun in his back right jeans pocket, police said. He was…
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Murder
: Ex-UConn Hoops Star Charged With Mom's Florida Killing, Sheriff Says
Former UConn basketball standout Eric Cobb has been arrested in his mother's murder in Florida, officials announced Tuesday, Feb. 11. The 28-year-old former athlete was taken into custody after officers responded to a disturbing scene on 15th Street West in the Mid-Westside area, the sheriff's office said. Officers arrived to find 51-year-old Erika Winford unresponsive, wrapped in a blanket and towels in the backyard. She had suffered a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. Cobb was detained as he attempted to leave the home, police said. Following an interview with detective…
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Husband Orchestrated Murder Of Renowned NY Art Dealer Brent Sikkema, DOJ Says
The estranged husband of acclaimed New York City art dealer Brent Sikkema orchestrated his killing, prosecutors alleged. Daniel Sikkema, 54, was indicted on murder-for-hire and related charges in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, Feb. 11, in the death of Brent Sikkema. The art dealer and co-founder of Manhattan-based Sikkema Jenkins & Co, 75, was found stabbed to death inside his Rio de Janeiro townhouse in January 2024, according to the US Attorney’s Office. An investigation found that the couple was in the midst of contentious divorce proceedings when Daniel Sikkema hired a hit man…
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PA Inmate Dies After Killing NJ Mom In Front Of Kids On Christmas Day
An inmate serving time for the brutal Christmas morning murder of a Philadelphia woman has died in a Pennsylvania state prison, officials announced on Friday, Feb. 7. Josue Quino, 38, was found unresponsive in his cell at the State Correctional Institution at Somerset on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2025, according to Superintendent Kenneth Hollibaugh. Prison staff and EMS attempted life-saving measures, but Quino was pronounced dead at 11:21 p.m., authorities said. Quino had been serving a 20-to-40-year sentence for third-degree murder in connection to the fatal stabbing of 35-year-old Juana Us-Perez…
Police & Fire
Lodi Resident Tosses Shooting Victim's Body In Hudson River: Prosecutor
A 26-year-old Lodi resident was arrested and charged on Thursday, Feb. 6, after he fatally shot a man and tossed his body in the Hudson River in Hoboken, authorities said. Hoboken police received a tip from Lodi police that a man had been fatally shot in a restricted area of the Hoboken waterfront near Castle Point Skate Park on Saturday, Feb. 1, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. An investigation revealed Erick Fernandez shot Julio Flores, a 23-year-old Passaic resident, and then fled the scene with his personal belongings including his vehicle, Suarez said. Fernandez returned to…
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: BF Strangled New Jersey GF Before Stuffing Her Body In Fridge, Documents Show
New details have been released in the case of a 50-year-old woman whose remains were found stuffed in a refrigerator left in a New Jersey state forest. Christopher Blevins, 45, of Runnemede, has been charged with murder in he death of Laura Hughes, who moved back to New Jersey with Blevins last year to have a relationship with her two daughters, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Blevins admitted to strangling Hughes before stuffing her body into a refrigerator last July, according to the affidavit for probable cause obtained by Daily Voice. The refrigerator had been wrapped in a sleep…
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Mayor Has Special Message For Killer Who Shot 9-Year-Old Boy In Newark
Authorities are searching for the person responsible for the fatal shooting of a 9-year-old boy outside his home in Newark on Friday, Jan. 31. The boy was exiting a vehicle with his father and sister at approximately 5:27 p.m. when he was shot on Osborne Terrace, a spokesperson for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. A 36-year-old man, who does not appear to be related to the child, was also shot during the incident. Details of his injuries were not immediately available. Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka expressed outrage over the tragedy, calling it “incomprehensible” and…
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Upcoming Gabby Petito Doc On Netflix Sparks Mixed Reaction Online: 'So Disrespectful'
A chilling new Netflix docuseries is set to reignite national interest in the murder of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old aspiring social media influencer from New York whose life was cut short by her fiancé during their cross-country road trip. American Murder: Gabby Petito promises an in-depth look beyond the headlines, exploring how an online #VanLife romance unraveled into a nightmare. The three-part documentary promises exclusive interviews with Petito’s family and friends, revealing the devastating truth behind her allegedly “perfect” relationship with Brian Laundrie—one that was ri…
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Cops ID Mom, Young Children Killed In Jersey City
Authorities have released additional details in the killings of a mother and her two young children in Jersey City on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Justicia para las mujeres, para mi prima, para una madre luchadora, una mujer trabajadora y dama llena de ilusiones …..... Posted by Jessica Urbano on Thursday, January 30, 2025 Napoleon Romero-Anduray, 31, is accused of stabbing Luisa Urbano, 31, her 9-year-old son, Juan Martin Urbano, and her 5-year-old daughter, Diana Ramirez, on Hutton Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Jersey City police were notified of a stabbing at 272 Hutton…
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Murder
: Three Dead Including Two Children In Jersey City, Mayor Says
Three people, including two children, were killed in a domestic violence incident in Jersey City on Wednesday, Jan. 29, authorities said. A woman and two children, 9 and 5, were killed by a man who then tried to stab himself at a residence on Hutton Street, Mayor Steve Fulop and the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. The man is in custody, Fulop said. Chaplains and social workers have been deployed to the neighborhood to work with family and neighbors, Fulop said. "This is just such horrible and sad news," Fulop said.
Police & Fire
Clifton Gunman Charged With Murder Years After Shooting: Prosecutor
A Clifton man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old Passaic resident more than two years ago, authorities announced. Yoniel Santana-Gomez, 24, was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in connection to the Dec. 11, 2022, shooting of Ariel Henriquez, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said. Henriquez was brought to Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center with a gunshot wound at approximately 3:47 a.m. that …
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Murder
: Arrest Made In Killing Of Elizabeth Mom Found Dead In PA Dumpster
A 42-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a missing Elizabeth mom of four whose body was found in a dumpster in Pennsylvania days prior, authorities announced. Lucrecia Jadan Sumba's family reported her missing on Jan. 9, having last seen her the day before, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel, Elizabeth Police Director Earl Graves, and Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca said. Sumba's remains were discovered in Coopersburg, PA on Saturday, Jan. 11 and an autopsy conducted by the Lehigh County Coroner's Office ruled the death was a homicide, as previously repo…
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5-Year-Old Son Witnessed NJ Mom's Murder, Say Loved Ones Raising Domestic Violence Awareness
Lauren Saldana was many things—a mother, daughter, sister, and friend. But to those who knew her, her greatest role was that of a devoted mom who loved her four children more than anything in the world. Saldana’s life was tragically cut short on Thursday, Jan. 9, when the 38-year-old South Brunswick resident was killed in her home on Route 27 by Roman Romanovskiy, 41, according to the Middlesex County prosecutor. Her family says the loss has shattered their lives, leaving them to pick up the pieces for the four children she leaves behind, ages 19, 16, 5, and three weeks. "Lauren face…
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: Mom Found Dead In Fridge, Timeline Not Adding Up For Distraught Family
Laura Hughes moved to New Jersey from Virginia in 2023 with the hope of being closer to her two teen daughters. "We thought it was a new beginning," said Cornel Alston, the father of her girls. Instead, the family is left mourning Hughes' loss days after the discovery of her remains, found stuffed in a refrigerator in a wooded area of the Belleplain State Forest on Sunday, Dec. 22. The timeline around 50-year-old Hughes' death isn't adding up for Alston, who says authorities have given him little information, compounding the pain of the loss. The NJ Courts website shows that Christop…
Police & Fire
Ridgewood Dad Killed By Son In NC Domestic Incident: Police
A 65-year-old Ridgewood native was killed by his 29-year-old son before the holidays in North Carolina, according to his obituary and law enforcement officials. Daniel Sansone is accused of killing Edward Sansone, Jr. during a domestic dispute on Sunday, Dec. 22, in the 2000 block of Arbor Crest Court in the University City Division in Charlotte, NC, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said. Officers responded to a domestic violence assault call shortly after 1 a.m. When officers arrived, they found the elder Sansone, who had been physically assaulted. Medic transport…
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Ex-Con DJ Stabbed GF Dead Hours After Nightclub Proposal In Elizabeth, Prosecutor Says
Murder charges have been filed against a 52-year-old ex-convict accused of stabbing his 31-year-old girlfriend and brand-new fiance dead hours after proposing to her at a local nightclub, authorities announced. Melo proposes to Trinidad. Vdj Melo Facebook Jose Melo, 52, was charged with one count of first-degree murder and weapons offenses in the fatal stabbing of Naket "Naky" Trinidad, who was found dead at a Florida Street home on Monday, Dec. 30, 2024 at 9:12 a.m., according to Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel, Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca, and Elizabeth Police Di…
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NJ Woman Identified As Victim Set On Fire In Deadly Brooklyn Subway Attack:
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Debrina Kawam, of Toms River, was identified as the person who was set on fire and killed on a New York City subway, authorities said. The 57-year-old woman was named as the victim of the attack on Sunday, Dec. 22, a New York Police Department spokesperson told Daily Voice. Investigators said a man lit Kawam on fire while she was sleeping on a stopped F train at the Stillwell Avenue station in Brooklyn just before 7:30 a.m., NBC News reported. While her last known address was on Waterbury Court in Toms River, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Kawam also spent some time in the ci…
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New Dad Who Killed Co-Worker On Lunch Break In Her NJ Apartment Has Appeal Denied
An appellate court rejected the appeal of a 35-year-old man convicted of killing his 26-year-old coworker in 2019 and conspiring to additional killings while in jail, court records show. Kenneth C. Saal is serving a 45-year prison sentence for killing Carolyn Byington when she returned home to Plainsboro apartment during her lunch break in June 2019, and a 10-year consecutive sentence for conspiring to kill another young woman, records show. Saal and Byington had been working together at Engine US in West Windsor, and Saal was married with a new baby at home. Saal, of Lindenwold, stole…
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Services Finalized For Slain Elmwood Park Trucker, Grandfather Bobby Rodgers
Support is on the rise for the family of a 51-year-old father of five, shot and killed at a Clifton intersection days before Christmas. Robert "Bobby" Rodgers, of Elmwood Park, was killed on Dec. 20, when 67-year-old Angel Pacheco allegedly shot him following a confrontation at the intersection of Lakeview and Merselis avenues around 11:45 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Angel Pacheco Passaic County Prosecutor's Office Rodgers' obituary on the Shook Funeral Home website shows he was a lifelong Clifton resident who worked as a truck driver for Caravan in …
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State Worker Steals $130K From Mom Who Killed Both Sons Then Fled To NJ For Drugs: DA
A Philadelphia woman stole over $130,000 from a former Norristown State Hospital resident who was convicted of murdering her two young sons, using the funds for personal expenses, including a Puerto Rico vacation, officials announced on Monday, Dec. 23. Bridget Nicole Compton, 51, is accused of stealing $132,480.01 from the TD Ameritrade account of Trinh Nguyen, a former Norristown State Hospital resident, officials in Bucks County, PA said. Nguyen is currently serving two life sentences for fatally shooting her sons, 13-year-old Jeffrey “JT” Tini and 9-year-old Nelson Tini, in their Upper M…
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NJ 'Hot Shot' Murderess Found Dead In PA Prison Cell 3 Days After Probation Violation Arrest
A New Jersey woman convicted of murder, who admitted to injecting a man with a fatal mix of cocaine and bleach, was found dead in her cell at the State Correctional Institution at Muncy, officials announced. Lisa Marie Stavish, 41, a Passaic, NJ native, was discovered unresponsive in her cell on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, according to Wendy Nicholas, superintendent of SCI Muncy. Prison staff attempted life-saving measures until emergency responders arrived, but Stavish was pronounced dead at 6:07 a.m. Stavish was serving a 7-to-20-year sentence for third-degree murder in the death of David…
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