By: Richard L. Smith
A 29-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of his girlfriend inside the apartment they shared last week, authorities in Mercer County announced.
According to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, Carlos Pean was taken into custody on March 28 in Tinton Falls by members of the U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, along with the prosecutor’s Special Investigations Unit.
Pean is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 29-year-old Adeline Alfred. Prosecutors have filed a motion to keep him detained pending trial.
Officials said the investigation began around 7 a.m. on March 24, when officers with the Hamilton Police Division responded to an apartment on the first block of Bradford Avenue to conduct a welfare check.
Upon arrival, officers found Alfred unresponsive in a bedroom.
Authorities said she appeared to have been the victim of a physical assault and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation remains active and ongoing.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Mercer County Homicide Task Force Detective Dawid Modzelewski at (609) 989-6406 or submit anonymous tips through the prosecutor’s office website.