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New Netflix Doc Examines NJ Equestrian Shooting: Olympian, Victim Both Speak Out
A new Netflix documentary is putting a chilling New Jersey shooting back in the spotlight, and both parties are speaking out with their sides of the story.
“Untold: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill” revisits the 2019 incident involving former U.S. Olympic equestrian Michael Barisone, 62, and his former student, Lauren Kanarek, 45, who had been living in a rental on his Long Valley property with her fiancé at the time of the incident, according to the show’s description.
The show's trailer opens a 911 clip of then 38-year-old Kanarek telling dispatchers, "I've been shot in the heart," with yel…
NJ Mom Found Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity After Drowning Toddlers To Eradicate Evil: Report
A 27-year-old Lakewood mother who drowned her two toddlers was found not guilty by reason of insanity, a judge ruled Tuesday, April 1, according to Asbury Park Press.
Naomi Elkins was ordered to be committed to a secure psychiatric hospital for two lifetimes, the outlet said citing a judge's ruling. The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office did not respond to a request for comment.
The mom told investigators she drowned her two daughters, 3 years old and 22 months old, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, for "religious" reasons, while her husband was away on business, according to arrest records obt…
NJ Man Convicted Of Beating Mom To Death, Prosecutor Says
A 38-year-old Maplewood resident was convicted on Monday, Oct. 21 of murder charges in his mother's death, which he then framed as a suicide, authorities said.
Benjamin Avrut was found guilty of first-degree murder after beating his 70-year-old-mothe Gwen to death, Prosecutor Theodore Stephens said. The jury had rejected Avrut's insanity defense.
On Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, Avrut entered his sleeping mother's apartment at The Top, a luxury condominium in Maplewood, Stephens said. When she awoke, Avrut beat her to death with his fists, Stephens said.
Avrut, who had a hist…
