Thread: SIX SUSPECT ARRESTED IN TRIPLE MURDER IN NEWARK

BREAKING NEWS: Sixth suspect arrested in triple murder in Newark

Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 08/19/07
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TRENTON — Police have arrested a sixth suspect in the Aug. 4 killings of three college students, authorities said.

The 18-year-old suspect, Melvin Jovel, was charged Saturday night and apprehended in Elizabeth early Sunday morning, Essex County First Assistant Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said.

Jovel is charged with murder stemming from the execution-style slayings of Terrance Aeriel, 18; Dashon Harvey, 20, and Iofemi Hightower, 20. Aeriel's sister, Natasha, was shot in the head but survived and has helped police in the investigation.

Jovel's arrest occurred about 24 hours after federal authorities in the Washington, D.C. area arrested 24-year-old Nicaraguan immigrant Rodolfo Godinez and 16-year-old Alexander Alfaro, his stepbrother.

Godinez was arrested in Oxon Hill, Md., and Alfaro was arrested less than an hour later in Woodbridge, Va.

Three other suspects 28-year-old Jose Carranza, an illegal immigrant from Peru, and two juveniles were already in custody. All are charged with three counts of murder in addition to other counts.

There is no evidence of a familial connection between Jovel and the other suspects, the Essex County Prosecutor's office said Sunday.





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