UPDATE: Former Manahawkin Man Found Murdered In Vermont

UPDATED STORY: Former Manahawkin Man Found Murdered In Vermont Was Shot Multiple Times, Burlington Police Say

While Burlington police in Vermont are investigating the suspicious death of a former Stafford Township man, his friends and family back in Manahawkin are mourning his loss.

The body of 23-year-old Kevin Deoliveria was found in a home at 58 Greene Street in Burlington on Saturday night. Burlington police have ruled out suicide and an accident as a cause of death and have tentatively labeled the death as a homicide, according to a story in the Burlington Free Press.

Deoliveria was a 2009 graduate of Southern Regional High School and also attended the University of Vermont. He played soccer and volleyball at Southern, said Rev. Pat Sharkey, who was the family’s pastor when they attended King of Kings Community Church in Manahawkin.

“Kevin was very kind and friendly,” Sharkey said. ”He had a lot of friends. He was very involved in our youth group and attended regularly at King of Kings when I was the pastor there until he went away to college. He was raised by mom alone and they were very close.”

Kevin‘s mother married David Longinetti when Kevin was around 10 and they became a “great family,“ Sharkey said.

“He was just home on Christmas and the family had a beautiful time together,” he said.

A memorial service for Kevin will be held later in the week at the Cedar Run Assembly of God Church, he said. Patch will publish the details of the service as soon as information is available.

Here is Kevin’s obituary from Maxwell Funeral Home:

Kevin Daniel DeOliveira, age 23, of Manahawkin, passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at his home in Vermont.
He was born in Newark, NJ and lived in Manahawkin, NJ before moving to Vermont 5 years ago. He was a graduate of Southern Regional High School where he graduated with honors, he was a lifeguard working in Long Beach Township and he attended the University of Vermont.

Kevin is predeceased by his maternal grandmother Luiza Pinheiro.

He survived by his mother and stepfather Marcia DeOliveira-Longinetti and David Longinetti, his maternal grandfather Francisco DeOliveira, his step-grandparents Marge Childres, John and Barbara Longinetti and Kay Wilbach, his sister Rebecca DeOliveira and his many loving aunts, uncles and cousins both here and abroad.

Visiting hours will be Friday, January 9, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Maxwell Funeral Home, 573 Mill Creek Road, Manahawkin, NJ 08050. A funeral service will take place following visitation, at 1 p.m. at the King of Kings Community Church, 1000 North Main Street, Manahawkin. Interment will follow St. Mary’s Cemetery, Manahawkin.

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