Cold case: Arrest made in 32-year-old rape, murder case in New Jersey

On Friday, the Cape Could County Prosecutor’s Workplace introduced the arrest of 62-year-old Jerry Rosado, of Millville, New Jersey, for allegedly sexually assaulting 20-year-old Susan Negersmith again in 1990.

(The video within the participant above is from a 2015 interview with Susan Negersmith’s household.)

Negersmith, of Carmel, New York, was in Wildwood with mates for Memorial Day Weekend. On Could 27, 1990, investigators discovered her physique partially clothed behind a storage space on the town.

An post-mortem decided that she was sexually assaulted earlier than her demise.

A DNA profile was recognized from Negersmith’s physique in the course of the 32-year investigation. In 2018, new expertise helped investigators match the profile to Jerry Rosado.

“Numerous legislation enforcement professionals and prosecutors have labored on resolving this case during the last thirty-two years and their collective devoted effort, at the side of the enhancements in DNA Expertise and Genetic Family tree Evaluation, has led to this long-overdue arrest. I wish to significantly commend the Main Crimes Chilly Case Unit of the Cape Could County Prosecutor’s Workplace for his or her steadfast efforts in lastly offering a measure of justice to the Negersmith household,” stated Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland.

Again in 2015, the Negersmith household spoke in regards to the case to our sister station WABC. The lady’s demise was first dominated unintentional earlier than it was modified to murder.

“And the way in which it was coated up, three years to get it to say murder, which is the way it ought to have been from the get-go,” stated the sufferer’s sister, Daybreak Negersmith.

“She was only a younger lady, 20 years, down together with her mates. She did not deserve this. Nobody deserves that,” added Emily Negersmith, the sufferer’s sister.

In line with court docket information, Rosado was arrested on Friday. He’s being charged with second-degree sexual assault.

An individual convicted of a second-degree crime is topic to a time period of imprisonment of 5 to 10 years in New Jersey State Jail.

No homicide expenses have been filed within the case, however authorities say additional expenses might be made ought to extra info grow to be out there.