Man Charged With Murder, Dumping Body In Franklin Woods

FRANKLIN, NJ — A Franklin man was arrested and charged in connection with the murder of a Somerset man, whose body was later found shot multiple times and dumped in a wooded area in the township on Sunday night.

Abubakaar “Diddy” King, 26 of Franklin Township was charged with the murder of Darren Fordham Jr., 26, of Somerset, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey.

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The murder was determined to have taken place in New Brunswick at the Hamilton Garden Apartments,on Saturday, June 30.

Fordham Jr.'s was later found in a wooded area near Phillips Road and the Pine Grove School, in Franklin Township on July 1, with multiple gunshot wounds, authorities report.

King was arrested on Thursday and charged with murder in the first-degree, desecrating human remains in the second-degree, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in the second-degree, possession of a weapon in the third-degree, hindering one’s own apprehension in the second-degree, and tampering with evidence in the fourth-degree.

He is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick pending a Detention Hearing in New Brunswick Superior Court.

The investigation is active and is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Andrew Weiss of the New Brunswick Police Department at 732-745-5200, or Detective David Abromaitis at 732-745-
4436.

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