Man Arrested In Lindenwold Woman's Murder: Police

A Lindenwold man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a woman who was killed inside her home at Stonington Court Apartments on Friday, Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo and Lindenwold Police Chief Thomas Brennan said Saturday night.

Jamar Maldonado, 26, was charged with one count of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Cheynee Jenkins. Jenkins was found inside her Lindenwold apartment suffering from a gunshot wound while reporting to the apartment complex for a 911 call of a woman being shot at about 8:43 a.m. She was taken to Kennedy Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead at 9:58 a.m.

Maldanado was remanded to Camden County Jail pending the pretrial detention hearing set for Wednesday, July 26, 9 a.m., in accordance with the New Jersey Bail Reform. Under the recent Criminal Justice Reform rules, the court may order he be detained without bail or released with conditions.

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