Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Authorities I.D. Shooting Victim in Gloucester Twp.
Kathleen Korbel, 54, of the Grenloch section of Washington Township, was shot to death Friday while housesitting in Gloucester Township.
Reported by Bill Duhart.
On Saturday, Camden County authorities identified the victim of a fatal shooting in Gloucester Township as 54-year-old Kathleen Korbel of Washington Township.
Police discovered Korbel's body around 5 p.m. on Friday in a home she had been housesitting on Mayflower Drive. She had been shot multiple times.
She was not immediately identified, pending notification of relatives.
No other information about Korbel's death, or the owners of the home, had been released as of 7:50 p.m. Saturday.
Korbel's death is the third criminal investigation in the township since June; in only one has a suspect been charged.
The remains of Carol Reiff were found in a wooded area of the Lakeview Apartments on Lower Landing Road on June 24. There is a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest for her unsolved death.
Lamar Ortiz, 20, was gunned down on July 15 outside of his residence at the Autumn Ridge Apartments on Little Gloucester Road. A 16-year-old Edgewater Park boy was arrested and charged in the killing.
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