Prosecutors arrest boyfriend in Elizabeth stabbing death
Published: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 7:29 PM Updated: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 7:35 PM
Ryan Hutchins/For The Star-Ledger

ELIZABETH -- Union County authorities charged the boyfriend of a 21-year-old Elizabeth bartender with stabbing her 28 times inside the couple’s basement apartment this weekend, leaving the body for her twin sister to discover on Sunday afternoon.

Bertin Rodriguez-Reyes, also known as Bryan Rodriguez, was captured around 9 p.m. Monday night in Lakewood by members of the Union County Homicide Task Force, Prosecutor Theodore Romankow said.

On Monday morning, Rodriguez-Reyes, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, was charged with murder and weapons counts in the death of Jackeline “Jackieâ€