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Mexico-Bound Killer Decapitated Victim Then Dumped Her Body Near Camden Overpass: Affidavit
Gruesome details are coming to light in the death of a 26-year-old New Jersey woman. Police documents obtained by Daily Voice are painting a horrifying story in the death of Cathleen McGrath, of Haddon Township. ** WARNING: The following news report contains graphic information. ** Reports of a body wrapped in clear, black trash bags brought Camden County police officers to the area near the overpass at 8th Street and Atlantic Avenue, just before 2 p.m. on Nov. 15, according to an affidavit obtained by Daily Voice. "Investigation revealed the victim was Cathleen McGrath," the complaint re…
Police & Fire
US Marshals Arrest Camden Fugitive In Fatal Shooting: Prosecutor
A Camden fugitive has been arrested for the fatal shooting of another man in October, authorities said. Xavier Rivera, 23, was charged with first-degree murder and weapons offenses in the fatal shooting of Jesus Manuel Ortiz-Hernandez, 18, of Camden City, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez. On Oct. 18, at approximately 4:15 p.m., Camden County Police responded to the 2700 block of Hayes Avenue for a ShotSpotter activation. Plice found a male victim at 22nd Street and River Road who was suffering f…
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'It Might Be Me,' Triple Murder Suspect Told NJ Police After Calling 9-1-1: Affidavit
A 23-year-old Philadelphia man arrested in the murder of his grandparents and uncle in New Jersey called 9-1-1 and then told responding officers that he may be a suspect, according to police paperwork obtained by Daily Voice. Om Brahmbhatt told South Plainfield police that he shot his three relatives as they slept on Nov. 27 with a firearm he purchased online, according to the affidavit. ALSO SEE: Grandparents, Uncle Believed Killed By 23-Year-Old Family Member In South Plainfield Remembered Brahmbhatt called 9-1-1 in the morning hours saying three people had been shot, the pap…
Obituaries
NJ Murder Victim April Duncza Remembered As Professional With 'Creative Brilliance'
April Duncza, the 39-year-old New Jersey woman believed killed by her ex-boyfriend is being remembered for her creative brilliance and professional success. Duncza, a Nebraska native, was found during a welfare check at a home on Paul Street in the Fords section of Woodbridge with serious head trauma around 4:50 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. She was later pronounced dead and her ex-boyfriend, Kevin Bacon, 46, of Keanesburg, has been charged with murder, Ciccone previously announced. Duncza's obituary on the Higgins Home for Funerals website…
Police & Fire
South Jersey Ex-Con Charged In Fatal Shooting: Prosecutor
A 41-year-old ex-convict from Absecon has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a Pleasantville man, authorities said. Jerome Holley was charged on Friday, Dec. 1 with the murder of Mamadou Toure, 45, of Pleasantville, that occurred in October in Pleasantville, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Holley was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, second-degree possession of a handgun without a permit to carry, and second-degree certain persons not to possess firearms, the prosecutor said. He was…
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NJ Man Found Guilty Of Killing GF In Home Containing Heroin: Officials
A Ewing Township man has been found guilty by a Mercer County jury for the shooting death of his Pennsylvania girlfriend at his home, authorities said. Aaron Adams, 41, was convicted of murder and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri At approximately 6:30 p.m. on June 1, 2020, Ewing police were alerted to a dead female in a home on Glen Stewart Drive. Police found the victim, identified as Ashley Davis, 32, of Levittown, PA, in the basement, Onofri said. There were visible wounds to Davis’ body and she was pron…
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Grandparents, Uncle Believed Killed By 23-Year-Old Family Member In NJ Remembered
A Middlesex County family torn apart by tragedy is remembering those they lost. Dilipkumar and Bindu Brahmbhatt were shot and killed by their 23-year-old grandson, Om Brahmbhatt, who also killed his 38-year-old uncle, Yashkumar Brahmbhatt, Monday, Nov. 27 in South Plainfield, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. The three Brahmbhatts were found dead with gunshot wounds at the Traditions condo complex on Coppola Drive around 9 a.m. 🙏🏽😭It is with an inconsolable deep heavy heart that I share this devastating and shocking tragic news of the passing of…
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NJ Parents Tried To Get Son Psychiatric Help Right Before He Killed Them, Police Say
On Wednesday, Nov. 1, Cheryl Mulgrew called police seeking a psychiatric evaluation for her 34-year-old son, Michael Mulgrew, who had been experiencing a mental health problem, police documents say. But Michael Mulgrew came home later that night seeming calm, and so Cheryl, 69, told police not to bother, and she'd take him to the doctors in the morning, the affidavit says. Around 11 a.m. the following day, one of Mulgrew's parents called police again seeking a psychiatric evaluation, according to police papers. There, they found Cheryl and her husband, Michael's 71-year-old dad, Eugene…
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Paterson Ex-Con Who Murdered Woman About To Have His Baby Sentenced To Life
UPDATE: A Paterson ex-con who shot and killed a woman who was two weeks away from delivering his baby was sentenced to life in prison. Donqua Thomas, 33, was convicted by a jury in Paterson this past summer of murder in the cold-blooded killing of Remy Lee, a 31-year-old mother of two. It was early afternoon on Oct. 29, 2020 when “Quay” Thomas parked a red Scion coupe in a rear lot at the Brooks-Sloate Terrace co-ops, prosecutors said. Lee, returning from a doctor's visit, pulled up an hour and a half later, got out of her car and headed to her apartment.Thomas then pointed a gun out his …
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Camden Teenager Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Man, Wounding Woman: Prosecutor
A Camden teenager has been arrested and charged for fatally shooting a man and wounding a woman last month, authorities said. Avonte Muse, 19, was charged with killing Akeem Jenkins, 33, and wounding a 32-year-old woman, both from Camden, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez said on Tuesday, Nov. 14. Muse was charged with first-degree murder and second-degree aggravated assault, they said. Muse was arrested by Camden County police on an unrelated charge on Nov. 4 and is currently in the Camden County Jail, they said…
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Philly Man Killed By Headshot In Car Parked In Atlantic City: Prosecutor
A 26-year-old man from Philadelphia who was found shot in the driver’s seat of a sedan parked on a street in Atlantic City has died, authorities said. Khalid Scott was found by police at about 12:50 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10 in the two-door car parked in the 1900 block of Grant Avenue with a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office. Scott was taken to AtlantiCare Medical Center, where he died at 2:15 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11, the prosecutor’s office said. No arrests had been made. Anyone with information is urged to call the prosecutor’s Major Crim…
Police & Fire
Bucks County, PA, Man Convicted Of Killing South Jersey Teenager In Stolen Car: Prosecutor
A 24-year-old Bucks County, PA, man was convicted of murder for fatally shooting a teenager at a gas station in South Jersey, authorities said. Tamir Phillips of Bensalem was found guilty of murder and weapons offenses after a jury trial, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. The investigation began the afternoon of August 21, 2021, when Willingboro Township police officers were called to the Phillips 66 gas station in the first block of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they learned that the victim, 14-year-old J…
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