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New Charges Indicate Dating App Serial Killer Tried To Sexually Assault Teen Before Killing Her New Charges Indicate Dating App Serial Killer Tried To Sexually Assault Teen Before Killing Her
New Charges Indicate Dating App Serial Killer Tried To Sexually Assault Teen Before Killing Her New charges filed against a North Jersey man who is serving a 160-year prison sentence for using dating apps to lure and kill his victims indicate that he tried to sexually assault a 15-year-old girl before he killed her — and kept her body hidden for years. Khalil Wheeler-Weaver has been charged in a new indictment with attempted sexual assault of a minor, endangering the welfare of a child, and desecration of human remains, in the death of 15-year-old Mawa Doumbia, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said. He had been charged with murder in Mawa's death in Marc…

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by Cecilia Levine
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4X Dating App Serial Killer Charged With Murder Of NJ Teen Girl Found Dead In Carriage House 4X Dating App Serial Killer Charged With Murder Of NJ Teen Girl Found Dead In Carriage House
4X Dating App Serial Killer Charged With Murder Of NJ Teen Girl Found Dead In Carriage House A serial killer recently sentenced to 160 years in state prison for luring and killing three women he met online and attempting the same with a fourth has been arrested in a fifth case that had not been solved until now. Khalil A. Wheeler Weaver has been formally accused of strangling 15-year-old Mawa Doumbia, of Newark, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, announced. The 15-year-old Newark girl had last been seen by her dad and sister Oct. 7, 2016, as she was leaving her home. Her decomposed body was found on the second floor of an old carriage house on Main Street in …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Wawa Possibly Opening 4th Essex County Location, Report Says Wawa Possibly Opening 4th Essex County Location, Report Says
Wawa Possibly Opening 4th Essex County Location, Report Says Pave the Orange Commons, put up a Wawa.  Those were the plans submitted by a firm associated with Newark-based Paramount Assets that hopes to bring a fourth Wawa to Essex County, JerseyDigs reports. The firm -- 164 Main, LLC -- applied for a 5,051-square-foot convenience store and 44-parking spot gas station at 164 Main Street in Orange, the report says. The new development would replace the 1.4-acre Orange Commons Shopping Center between Windsor Place and Hickory Street, near the NJ Transit station. The City Planning Board will hear the application Oct. 28.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Woman Run Over And Seriously Injured By NJ Transit Bus In Orange Woman Run Over And Seriously Injured By NJ Transit Bus In Orange
Woman Run Over And Seriously Injured By NJ Transit Bus In Orange A woman hit by a bus Thursday morning in Orange has suffered serious injuries*, a spokesman for the city confirmed.  The woman was running along the left side of an NJ Transit 21 bus around 11:15 a.m. when she was struck, a spokeswoman for NJ Transit said. The woman was hit near Main Street and Glenwood Avenue.  Air bags were needed to lift the bus off the woman, who was trapped beneath, the city spokesman said. No pulse was detected at the scene but she was later taken to University Hospital in Newark, where she is listed in critical condition.  The 21 bus runs between Newa…

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by Paul Milo
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Woman Whose Body Was Found on Orange Street Was Killed: Officials Woman Whose Body Was Found on Orange Street Was Killed: Officials
Woman Whose Body Was Found on Orange Street Was Killed: Officials The Essex County Prosecutor's Office has begun a homicide investigation into the death of a woman whose decomposing body was found near an Orange funeral home last week.  The woman, who remains unidentified, was discovered April 9 near the Cotton Funeral Service on Main Street. She is believed to be African-American. Anyone with information is asked to call the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/MajorCrimes Task Force tips line at 1-877 TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432

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by Paul Milo
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Decomposing Body Found Near Orange Funeral Home Decomposing Body Found Near Orange Funeral Home
Decomposing Body Found Near Orange Funeral Home The Essex County Prosecutor's Office is investigating after a body was found near an Orange funeral home Tuesday.  The body was discovered near a building owned by the Cotton Funeral Service on Main Street, WABC reported.  The prosecutor's office did not immediately have additional information, including a cause of death or the identity of the woman. 

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by Paul Milo