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NJ Man, 76, Jailed On Disturbing Human Remains Charges After Sister, 70, Is Found Dead
UPDATE: The 76-year-old brother of a Westwood woman whose body was found at least a week after she died was arrested on related charges.
Joan Winter, 70, formerly of Yonkers and Hartsdale, NY, and her brother Mark, 76, had lived together for several years in what had been their late mother's Kennedy Terrace home on a quiet cul-de-sac near Washington Avenue, those who knew them said.
Two friends who’d gone to the house looking for Joan said Mark told them she’d gone, a source with direct knowledge of the discovery said.
Westwood police went to the home to conduct a welfare check around 1 p.…
Central Jersey Man Found Guilty of Killing His Father, Another Man Then Setting Home On Fire
A Middlesex County man was found guilty of murdering his father and another man in 2019 before setting their home on fire, authorities said.
Jaree Kitchen, 24, was convicted on June 1 of the murder of his father, Clifford Kitchen Jr., 53 and Gregory Fisher, 53, both from Jamesburg, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.
Kitchen, also from Jamesburg, was also found guilty of aggravated arson, possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, two counts of desecrating human remains and tampering with evidence, the prosecutor sa…
Central Jersey Couple Sentenced In Baby's Death After Disposing Newborn Boy's Body In Dumpster
Two young adults who admitted killing and disposing a newborn baby in a Dumpster have been sentenced to a combined 15 years in prison, authorities said.
Jada M. McClain, 20, of Neptune Township, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge David F. Bauman, after pleading guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
McClain's boyfriend, Quaimere Mohammed, 21, also of Neptune Township, was sentenced to 5 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to second-degree d…
