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South Jersey Man Found Guilty Of Suffocating Robbery Victim In Hotel Room: Prosecutor

A 32-year-old man from Lindenwold was found guilty of suffocating a Camden man in a Mount Laurel motel room after luring him there to be robbed in 2020, authorities said.

Jawaad Ali

Jawaad Ali

Photo Credit: Burlington County Prosecutor's Office

The jury deliberated for two hours on Wednesday, June 26 before returning multiple guilty verdicts against Jawaad Ali in Superior Court in Mount Holly, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw.

Ali, who represented himself at trial, was convicted on charges of first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, second-degree conspiracy to commit robbery, second-degree desecration of human remains, wrongful impersonation and credit card theft, Bradshaw said.

The victim's debit card was used to withdraw money from a nearby automated teller machine, order items from Amazon.com and pay for pizza from Papa John’s, Bradshaw said.

The investigation revealed that on the night of May 8, 2020, Ali, along with Asia Boone and Anthony Sermond-Guyton, lured Samer Alhalayqa, 31, of Camden, to the Fairfield Inn on Century Parkway, where he was suffocated in a third-floor room and then dragged into the hallway, Bradshaw said.

Judge Terrence R. Cook scheduled sentencing for Sept. 27. The two co-defendants have pleaded guilty and also are awaiting sentencing, the prosecutor said.

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