A fugitive on the FBI’s Most Wanted list for allegedly killing a woman and her dog in a Newark, NJ apartment has been arrested in Prince George’s County.
Prince George’s County police say they arrested Lamont Stephenson on Thursday morning. Police say Stephenson is also wanted for killing a woman and her cat in Maryland this week.
Lamont Stephenson is charged with the strangulation death of his fiancée **Ms. Olga De Jesus** in her Newark apartment in October 2014. He also killed the woman’s dog before calling a cab to take him to Newark’s Penn Station, where investigators believe he fled the state by bus or train.
The 40-year-old victim and Stephenson had known each other as teenagers and met again in 2014 at a high school reunion. “They had a whirlwind romance and were engaged to be married,” said Special Agent Carl Priddy, who is investigating the case from the FBI’s Newark Division.
Since the day of the murder, October 17, 2014, Stephenson “has been completely off the radar,” Priddy said. “Compared to a lot of other subjects we go after, Stephenson has been difficult to find because he had no criminal history. Apart from his picture, law enforcement does not have even a set of fingerprints to help identify him.”
A warrant for his arrest was issued in September 2017.