NJ Teen Indicted In Slaying Of 2 Family Members In Rockland County

SPRING VALLEY, NY — A New Jersey teen has now been indicted in the brutal killing of two family members in Rockland County.

Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh, II announced that 19-year-old Alan Abad, a/k/a "Alina Abad," of Westwood, NJ was indicted and arraigned on Tuesday on one count of felony first-degree murder and two counts of felony second-degree murder, in connection with the killings of Evelyn Augilar-Agustin and Anabelly Aguilar.

On February 15, around 6:30 p.m., while at 4 Gesner Drive, in Spring Valley, Abad caused the deaths of Evelyn Aguilar-Agustin and Anabelly Aguilar, according to investigators. The two women were Abad's aunts. The teen caused blunt force trauma to Aguilar-Agustin's head, face and abdomen, which caused her death, police said. Abad also caused blunt force trauma to Aguilar's head and upper neck, causing cervical spine fractures, brain injuries and hemorrhages, which caused her death, according to officials.

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"The defendant has been indicted by a Rockland County Grand Jury on murder in the first degree and two counts of murder in the second degree," the district attorney said. "The victims, who were aunts of the defendant, were brutally and senselessly murdered. We will seek justice for the victims' and their families, and I offer my sincere condolences to the surviving family members."

The arraignment took place at the Rockland County Court. Abad was remanded without bail to the Rockland County Jail, and faces a maximum of life in state prison without parole, if convicted of first-degree murder.