3 Charged In Murder, Kidnapping Of NJ Man Found In Woods: State Police

ALLAMUCHY, NJ - Three New Jersey men have been charged with murder, kidnapping and related offenses after a body was found last summer in a wooded area off Interstate 80 in Warren County, authorities said.

Mustafa Manns, 28, William Dixon, 24, and Nishir Rios-Figueroa, 30, all of Newark, were charged after allegedly shooting and killing a man and dumping his body off the interstate, state police said.

The charges stem from an Aug. 18 discovery of human remains from a state department of transportation employee cutting grass near the interstate. Detectives from the New Jersey State Police Major Crime North Unit identified the victim as Quadree Burch, 27, of Newark, who was reported missing out of the city on Aug. 9.

An investigation later connected the suspects to the victim and placed them near the crime scene, state police said, adding that Manns, Dixon, and Rios-Figueroa allegedly kidnapped Burch and drove him to Allamuchy Township where he was shot and killed on the side of the road.

Rios-Figueroa previously surrendered to authorities on Jan. 6, 2023 on unrelated auto theft charges in New York. He was later charged with felony murder, murder, conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping in connection with Burch's death. He is currently awaiting extradition back to New Jersey.

State Police arrested Manns at a residence on Lyons Avenue in Newark without incident on Jan. 19 and was charged with felony murder, murder, weapons offenses, conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping and robbery. He is currently lodged in Warren County Jail.

William Dixon, who has been lodged in the Essex County Jail since Aug. 24 for allegedly threatening associates of the victim, was charged with felony murder, murder, weapons offenses, conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping and robbery.