Crime & Safety
Man Fatally Stabbed Mother While She Slept In Howell: Prosecutor
The mother, who was stabbed while she was sleeping, was taken to a hospital for emergency treatment but did not survive, authorities said.
HOWELL, NJ — A Howell Township man fatally stabbed his mother while she was sleeping early Monday, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office announced.
Robert Parody, 25, has been charged with first-degree murder and a weapons offense in the death Loretta Parody, 61, Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said.
Howell police notified the Major Crimes Unit of the prosecutor's office shortly before 1:30 a.m. Monday of a stabbing at a home on Porter Road, authorities said.
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Loretta Parody was taken to a local hospital for emergency treatment but did not survive, authorities said.
Police officers who responded arrested Robert Parody immediately; the investigation found he had gone into his mother’s bedroom and stabbed her in the chest while she slept, the prosecutor's office said.
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He is being held at the Monmouth County jail pending a detention hearing.
Anyone with more information is being urged to contact Detective Joshua Rios of the prosecutor's office at 800-533-7443, or Howell Township Police Sgt. Nick Saltzman at 732-938-4111.
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