Suspects Accused of University Recruiter's Murder
Four suspects have been arrested for the alleged murder of a DeVry University recruiter. According to an article the New Jersey Star-Ledger, the university recruiter was kidnapped while driving her BMW convertible, after stopping for dinner at a Newark soul food restaurant.
Later that same evening, the police discovered her body in her burning car. Allegedly, one of the four suspects gave a Gucci handbag as a gift to a woman. The woman discovered the victim’s business card inside the purse.
The police used a tip from an anonymous caller to identify the four suspects. They had no leads on the case for nearly two years. The police believe that the four suspects had a motive to kill the victim allegedly because of her wealth. The victim’s boyfriend had been out on bail awaiting sentencing for drug distribution and living at her house at the time of her murder. He told police that a man driving the victim’s car aimed a gun at him as pulled into the victim’s garage.
The police used cell phone records to determine that the suspects all made calls from the same location on the night of the victim’s murder. All physical evidence had been destroyed by the fire. The case has no eye witnesses to the victim’s murder.
The four suspects have been charged with kidnapping, robbery, weapons possession, arson, and murder. In New Jersey, murder is a first degree criminal offense. A person accused of murder in New Jersey can face up to 30 years imprisonment without parole.
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