Jeremiah Monell Caught: State Police Capture Suspected N.J. Wife-Killer [UPDATED]

New Jersey State Police have captured Jeremiah Monell, the South Jersey man accused of murdering a New Jersey mother in front of her kids who authorities had been looking for since mid-December.

Troopers from the Buena Vista Barracks arrested the 32-year-old Monell in Folsom Borough, Atlantic County, on Monday afternoon.

A witness had contacted State Police after recognizing Monell at about 2:45 p.m.

Troopers arrived on the scene shortly thereafter, and found him hiding in a wooded area off Route 322. He was arrested without incident.

Police said he was taken to a local hospital for a medical evaluation, and that he would be lodged in jail thereafter. They didn't specify why he was being taken to the hospital or what condition he was in.

A total of $3,500 was being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Monell, a Cedarville, Cumberland County, resident who was wanted for the murder of his wife, 35-year-old Tara O'Shea-Watson, of Commercial Township.

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Police had been looking for Monell since Dec. 19, when police initially responded to a home on Raymond Drive in Commercial Township for a report of a woman who was dead.

Upon arrival, police discovered O'Shea-Watson's body, unconscious and unresponsive.

A friend previously told nj.com that O'Shea was attempting to leave New Jersey to get away from her estranged husband and take her kids with her, and there was a history of abuse and domestic violence.