AERREDO: El sospechoso buscado en relación con la muerte de su madre el jueves en Jersey City arrestado

THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS NEW INFORMATION                                                                                                                                                                                Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced late Sunday morning that 29-year old Terrance Nelson, the suspect wanted in connection with the death of his 60-year old mother on Thursday morning on Virginia Avenue in Jersey City, has been arrested.

Nelson was taken into custody by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and members of the Jersey City Police Department.

Nelson was arrested without incident at his mother’s home at 18 Virginia Avenue in Jersey City by Homicide Unit detectives and Jersey City Police Officers just after 8 a.m. Sunday, May 9, 2021.

Nelson was charged with Murder in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3A(1)(2), a first-degree crime on Thursday.

On Thursday, May 6, 2021, just before 1 a.m., members of the Jersey City Police and Fire Departments responded on a call of a disturbance at 18 Virginia Avenue. Responding units found a female victim in the building’s first floor in critical condition.

The victim, later identified as Jacqueline Nelson, age 60, was transported to the Jersey City Medical Center where she succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased at approximately 4:14 a.m. The cause and manner of death are pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. The fire was reported under control at approximately 1:21 a.m.

Prosecutor Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department for the investigation and arrest.

The above charges are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. R.P.C.3.6(b)(6).