North Arlington Man Held On $2M Bail In Wife's Killing

UPDATE: Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal on Monday confirmed a Daily Voice report that a North Arlington woman killed in her home was struck several times in the head. READ MORE....NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J. -- A 45-year-old North Arlington man was ordered held on $2 million bail after authorities charged him with killing his wife, who authorities said had been dead for at least day when she was found early Friday afternoon.

Eric Pleger
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Riverview Gardens, 1 Garden Terrace
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Jerry DeMarco

01/29/2016 7:30 p.m.

Eric Pleger was taken into custody and questioned after police conducting a welfare check following a call from management found him in the Riverview Gardens apartment compex with the body of 46-year-old wife, Luisa (Olavarria) Pleger, at 12:15 p.m. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said.

She had been struck with an object, a law enforcement source told Daily Voice."The cause of death is pending final determination by the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office once an autopsy is completed.," the prosecutor said. "This was a domestic violence incident."

Borough police got the call at 12:15 p.m. and immediately contacted the prosecutor's Major Crimes Unit after arriving at 28-K Garden Terrace, Grewal said.

Pleger was being held in the Bergen County Jail -- charged with murder and illegal weapons possession-- as the investigation continued.

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