This information comes from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office of New Jersey:
Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo and Gloucester Township Police Chief Harry Earle reported a man has been arrested in the fatal beating of a Gloucester Township woman.
A male, age 30, last known address of Mount Laurel, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 59-year-old woman.
The male is accused of fatally beating the woman sometime on Dec. 5 in her home on the first block of Skyline Drive in Gloucester Township following an argument over money. The male and another adult female witness had been staying in the house with the woman.
After the murder, the male allegedly transported the woman’s body to a wooded area near Willow Ridge Park in Evesham Township.
Gloucester Township Police had gone to the woman’s home Thursday for a well-being check after she was reported missing. Officers found signs of a struggle inside the residence.
During the course of the investigation, detectives developed information about the male and the witness. Both were detained by police in Evesham early Friday and taken to Gloucester Township Police headquarters for questioning.
The witness provided information that led police the location of the woman’s body.
A post-mortem examination revealed the cause of the woman’s death to be blunt force trauma to the head.
All persons charged with criminal offenses are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law.
