Bloodied Suspect Struck Grandmother With Weight Or Statue, Prosecutor Says

Cyril Lloyd, 26, of Carteret. was charged with murdering the 77-year-old woman, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office.

A five-pound weight and a statue, both with blood on them, were found at the crime scene, said Brynn Krause, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor.

"They can’t definitively say which item caused the fatal hit," Krause said on Wednesday, May 3. "They should know more once the autopsy is conducted."

Lloyd was arrested Monday May 1 after someone spotted him out in public covered in blood, authorities said.

On Monday at 5:29 p.m., authorities received a 911 call reporting that an individual was seen near Taylor Avenue, who appeared to be covered in blood, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.

Carteret Police Department responded and found Lloyd, who  was transported back to his home, Ciccone said.

When authorities entered the residence, they discovered a victim, his grandmother, Juanita Quinones, 77, of Carteret.

Quinones was unresponsive and appeared to have multiple head wounds, Ciccone said.

Quinones was pronounced dead at the scene while Lloyd was arrested without incident and charged with first-degree murder and weapons offenses, Ciccone said.

Lloyd was being held at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center pending a pre-trial detention hearing in Superior Court.

Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to call Detective Keith Cassens of the Carteret Police Department at (732) 541- 4181 or Detective Javier Morillo of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732)745-8843.

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