Leonia janitor charged with first degree murder of girlfriend and her five-year-old daughter
According to reports, the defendant killed his girlfriend of three years during a heated argument where he stabbed her to death. Then, because her five year old daughter witnessed the murder, he suffocated her using a plastic bag. He then left and when the bodies were discovered acted as if he was shocked and upset by the findings.
The defendant is a native of Jamiaca but has been in the United States since he was ten years old. He was working as a janitor at Leonia Middle School. He is now facing two counts of first degree murder, one count of weapons possession, and one count of hindering apprehension.
