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Belleville Man Gets 45 Years for Killing Roommate

Belleville

Superior Court Judge Michael Ravin today found 53-year-old Edwin Andujar, guilty of killing his 59-year-old roommate.

Today, an Essex County jury found Andujar guilty of first-degree murder and weapons offenses for the stabbing of his 59-year-old roommate, Thomas Parent,on August 7, 2014.

According to authorities, the stabbing was allegedly prompted after Parent told Andujar that he had to move out of the apartment where he had been living rent-free.

Andujar stabbed Parent 12 times with a kitchen knife in his groin, stomach and back as he sat in his wheelchair.

Andujar must serve 38 years in prison before being eligible for parole. 

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