A plate and utensils smeared with blood were allegedly found ... Prosecutors Joseph appeared to have suffered blunt force ...

Ex-College Soccer Player Accused of Killing Fellow Athlete Brother, Cat Using Knife, Golf Club: Prosecutors Joseph appeared to have suffered blunt force trauma to the back of the head, as well as ...

A probable cause affidavit sheds more light on the arrest of Matthew Hertgen, who is accused of murdering his brother and a ...

Matthew Hertgen said he fell into a “fit of madness” the night his brother’s beaten body and the burnt remains their cat were found inside an apartment near Princeton University.

A New Jersey man was in a “fit of madness” and experiencing “terrifying visions” when he allegedly murdered his younger ...

Matthew Hertgen is accused of brutally killing his brother, Joseph Hertgen, in Princeton. A relative told police he has struggled with terrifying visions.

Matthew Hertgen, the ex-Toms River man accused of killing his brother, Joseph, called police himself to report the death.

He appeared to have severe blunt force trauma to the back of his head ... along with blood smeared eating utensils and a blood smeared plate on the dining room table next to his body.

When dispatchers arrived, they found Joseph dead “on the dining room floor with a large pool of blood around his head and torso,” having seemingly sustained blunt force trauma to his head and ...

Edna Buchanan is the Pulitzer prize-winning crime reporter who covered more than 5,000 violent deaths during her 18-year ...