ALLAMUCHY TWP., N.J. – Three males are charged after authorities say they kidnapped and killed a person, then dumped his physique close to a wooded space off Interstate 80 in Allamuchy Township, Warren County final summer season.
In a information launch this week, the New Jersey State Police say Mustafa Manns, 28, William Dixon, 24, and Nishir Rios-Figueroa, 30, all of Newark, N.J., are charged with homicide, kidnapping, and different offenses.
On Thursday, August 18, 2022, at 12:26 p.m., troopers from Troop “B” Hope Station responded to the report of human stays discovered by a New Jersey Division of Transportation worker who was slicing grass on Interstate 80 eastbound within the space of milepost 16.6. Detectives from the New Jersey State Police Main Crime North Unit recognized the sufferer as Quadree Burch, 27, of Newark, N.J., who was reported lacking out of Newark on August 9, 2022, state police mentioned.
Through the five-month investigation, detectives from the Main Crime North Unit established a timeline of occasions and decided that the murder occurred on August 7, 2022, in keeping with the information launch. Via varied investigative means, detectives related the suspects to the sufferer and positioned them within the neighborhood of the crime scene, in keeping with state police.
Authorities say Manns, Dixon, and Rios-Figueroa kidnapped Burch and drove him to Allamuchy Township, the place he was shot and killed on the aspect of Interstate 80.
On January 13, 2023, Main Crime North Unit detectives traveled to the Westchester County District Legal professional’s Workplace in White Plains, New York, to interview Rios-Figueroa. He beforehand surrendered to authorities on January 6, 2023, on unrelated auto theft costs. Nishir Rios-Figueroa was charged with felony homicide, homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide, and kidnapping. He’s at the moment awaiting extradition again to New Jersey.
On January 19, 2023, State Police detectives with the Main Crime North Unit, Fugitive Unit, Digital Surveillance Unit, and members of the Okay-9 Unit converged on a residence on Lyons Avenue in Newark the place they arrested Manns with out incident, in keeping with the information launch. Manns was charged with felony homicide, homicide, weapons offenses, conspiracy to commit homicide, aggravated assault, kidnapping, and theft. He was lodged within the Warren County Jail.
William Dixon was charged with felony homicide, homicide, weapons offenses, conspiracy to commit homicide, aggravated assault, kidnapping, and theft. Dixon had been lodged within the Essex County Jail since August 24, 2022, for allegedly threatening two associates of Quadree Burch, state police mentioned.
This incident is being investigated by the New Jersey State Police Main Crime North Unit with the help of the Warren County Prosecutor’s Workplace, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Workplace, Essex County Prosecutor’s Workplace, and Newark Police Division. The case is being prosecuted by the Warren County Prosecutor’s Workplace.