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Suspect Who Livestreamed Police Chase Charged With 3rd Murder: PO

A Willingboro murder suspect who livestreamed a police chase on Facebook has been charged with a third murder from earlier this year.

Terrance Matthews
Terrance Matthews (Image via Burlington County Prosecutor)

A murder suspect who livestreamed himself on Facebook Live during a police chase has been charged in connection with a murder that took place back in February, authorities announced.

Terrance J. Matthews, 23 of Willingboro, was charged last week with killing his ex-girlfriend's grandmother and brother inside of their Eastbrook Lane home late Wednesday evening, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office.

Over the weekend, he was also charged with the fatal shooting of a man inside a parked vehicle earlier this year on Millbrook Drive, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Township Public Safety Director Kinamo Lomon announced.

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Matthews fatally shot 21-year-old Davell Williamson, of Willingboro, while Williamson and another man sat in a car just before 1 a.m. on Feb. 18, authorities said.

Matthews approached the car and began shooting, authorities said. Williamson was later pronounced dead at Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County in Willingboro. His passenger was shot in the arm, and treated and released from Cooper University Hospital in Camden.

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Matthews will be scheduled for a first appearance in Superior Court in Mount Holly. The case will then be sent to a Burlington County Grand Jury to be considered for indictment.

Matthews lived at a home with his ex-girlfriend’s grandmother and brother, who were found stabbed to death in their house in Willingboro at 2 p.m. on June 20, according to authorities.

Matthews then posted himself on Facebook Live (video below) as sirens blared behind him, saying, "Cops on me."

An investigation by Westampton Township police revealed that Matthews and his ex-girlfriend, Krissida Williams, 22, had entered a Wawa on Springdale Road and Williams told a Wawa employee that Matthews had killed her family, according to authorities.

Matthews fled the store, and Willingboro Township police officers were sent to the house in the 100 block of Eastbrook Lane to conduct a wellness check.

Inside the home, police discovered the bodies of Jennifer Vassell, 68, and her grandson, Ishon Mathiln Jr., 9. Both were stabbed multiple times, and Ishon appears to have been drowned in a bathtub, according to authorities.

The investigation further revealed that the murders occurred while Williams was at work on Wednesday evening. When she arrived at the residence after work, Matthews was at the home and held Williams against her will through the night, according to authorities.

The motive for the killings appears to stem from an argument Williams and Matthews had during a telephone call earlier in the day on Wednesday, according to authorities. Matthews used his Facebook account to broadcast the chase live.

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