A 25-year-old New Brunswick man accused of stalking and shooting his ex-girlfriend to death in South Brunswick pleaded not guilty this afternoon.
Giver Vasquez was arrested in New Hope, Pennsylvania, four days after fatally shooting 24-year-old Alicia Martinez.
On June 24, police arrived to the Prologis complex around 7 a.m. where they found Martinez who was inside her vehicle suffering from three gunshot wounds. According to authorities, Martinez followed her – in a borrowed 2004 silver Volkswagen Passat - into the parking lot, opened fire and fled.
Vasquez who is in the United States illegally has deportation proceedings against him.
He has been charged with murder, stalking, possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon and remains in custody in lieu of a $2 million bail.
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