Prosecutor: NJ man killed his own 80-year-old grandmother

🔺 NJ elderly woman found killed at home

🔺 Adult grandson arrested, charged

🔺 Restraining order had been in-place

A 34-year-old Perth Amboy man has been charged with murder, after his elderly grandmother was found killed in her own home, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced Monday evening.

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Raymond Maldonado has also been charged with fourth-degree contempt, for violation of a restraining order.

The body of 80-year-old Awilda Verrette was discovered at her State Street residence on Sunday, by a relative who called 911 shortly after 1 p.m.

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Verrette’s death was determined to be a homicide and Maldonado was arrested on Monday.

He was being held at Middlesex County Jail, pending a detention hearing.

Anyone with potential information or surveillance footage of the area was asked to call Detective Jeremy Harris of the Perth Amboy Police Department at 732-324-3800 or Detective Jose Rosario of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-3289.

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