Tyler Rios has been sentenced, nearly a year after killing Yasemin Uyar in Rahway and then driving her body out of state — kidnapping their toddler in the process.
Thomas Santo, 54, has been charged with bias intimidation. The new mural honoring refugees had just been finished when two Stars of David were painted over a woman in a hijab.
A new mural celebrating recent refugee and asylum resettlement efforts was vandalized at least twice in Middlesex County. An interfaith vigil was set for Monday to protest the hateful graffiti.
Tyler Rios is now charged with murder and kidnapping, stemming from the Amber Alert that led police to Tennessee, where Yasemin Uyar's body was recovered.