WEST NEW YORK MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN MURDER OF 32-YEAR-OLD WOMAN

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information:

On October 25, 2021, Edwin Orlando Velasco-Salazar, age 24, of West New York, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree aggravated manslaughter related to the death of Irma Doris Contreras, which occurred on November 1, 2019, in West New York.

Velasco-Salazar appeared before the Honorable Vincent J. Militello, J.S.C. and admitted to recklessly causing Contreras’ death while exhibiting an extreme indifference to human life. The State will be recommending a sentence of 20 years in New Jersey state prison subject to the No Early Release Act. Sentencing in this case has been scheduled for January 3, 2022.