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Detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s Major Crimes Unit answered complaints of foot-dragging and incompetence from some of Cantor’s loved ones and friends by arresting 49-year-old Sui Kam “Tony” Tung, the estranged husband of a woman the victim was seeing.
Tung waived extradition and was transferred today, with a court appearance scheduled for tomorrow morning in Hackensack.
The charges against Tung reflect the degree of certainty of the prosecution: murder, felony murder, aggravated arson, desecration of human remains, armed burglary, weapons possession, stalking, tampering with evidence and hindering apprehension.
Thinking they’d solved the case themselves, Cantor’s relatives and friends staged a rally earlier this year outside the Bergen County courthouse, where Molinelli has an office.
They called for a special prosecutor and said they’d hired a private investigator who fingered a suspect — which didn’t sit well with several law enforcement officers, not just Molinelli.
They even blasted Gov. Christie, saying he should have stepped in.
They insisted the murder was “an act of jealousy and revenge by a man who had confronted (Cantor) at his home on more than one occasion.” Although they publicly didn’t identify him by name, all agreed it was Tung.
Tung, who is unemployed began stalking the popular Verizon software engineer after learning of the romantic relationship in 2010, as both couples were being divorced, the prosecutor.
The night of March 6, 2011, he said, Tung showed up at Cantor’s Elm Street home, where the victim lived alone. Tung shot and killed him, then set the place on fire, Molinelli said.
Cantor’s widow, who never challenged the progress of the investigation, thanked those who worked it.
So did an attorney for Tung’s estranged wife:
“We are greatly relieved that Sui Kam Tung has been arrested in connection with the death of Rob Cantor. My client can now know that this arrest provides some relief and comfort to Mr. Cantor’s family.
“We want to thank the terrific investigators and prosecutors at the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office for all of their hard work. We know that this terrible ordeal is not yet over, but we are heartened [by] this important step toward a conviction.”
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