Alleged Gloucester Township Home Invader Linked To Autumn Pasquale Murder

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — The man who pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in the murder of 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale remains hospitalized after police allege he tried to break into a home in Gloucester Township on Monday night.

Dante Robinson, 21, remained in Cooper University Hospital Thursday morning, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office confirmed in an email.

He is accused of breaking into a home in the Key Lane area at about 12:30 a.m. Monday, Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo and Gloucester Township Police Chief Harry Earle said Wednesday.

Robinson admitted to pleaded guilty to fourth-degree obstruction of justice in Pasquale’s murder in 2013. He was subsequently released from prison.

The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office has not released specific details on Monday night’s break-in. Gloucester Township police are referring all requests for information to the prosecutor’s office.

However, the victims told 6 ABC that Robinson was one of four or five armed men who broke into their home and “beat and terrorized them.” The homeowner said he shot Robinson in self defense.

Pasquale’s father Tony, told the network Robinson never should’ve been let out of jail because it was “just a matter of time before something like this happened.”

He was 17 at the time of the girl's death in 2012. His younger brother Justin was 15 when he lured Pasquale to her death. He pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and was sentenced to 17 years in prison.

In his guilty plea, Justin Robinson indicated in a signed statement he had acted alone and his older brother had no idea what was going on. Dante Robinson wasn't held responsible in Pasquale's death. Justin Robinson also said his mother and stepfather weren't home when Pasquale was killed.

Pasquale was killed in October 2012. The Clayton community launched a massive search for her when she was reported missing after leaving home to ride her bike. Her body was found in a recycling bin days later.

Patch file photo of Autumn Pasquale