Texas Man Strangled His Girlfriend to Death in South Jersey in 2010: Prosecutor

A Texas man has been charged in connection with killing his girlfriend by strangling her in South Jersey in 2010, Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo and Camden County Police Chief Scott Thomson said on Thursday.

Timothy Simon, 47, of Houston, Texas, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 31-year-old Lawanda Strickland of Camden.

Strickland was found deceased on her couch in a home they shared the morning of July 10, 2010.

Charges were filed against Simon last month, following an investigation by Cold Case Squad officers from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office and the Camden County Police Department. Detectives allegedly linked Simon to the crime using DNA evidence.

He was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in Texas on Jan. 6. He was extradited to New Jersey this week and is being held at the Camden County Jail.