Boy Will Be Tried As Adult In New Brunswick Homicide Case, Judge Rules

A judge ruled that a 16-year-old Bridgewater boy will be tried as an adult in connection with the stabbing death of a woman in New Brunswick, authorities said.

A family court judge in New Brunswick ruled Friday that Jason Molina, 16, of Bridgewater, will be waived up to adult court, according to a news release from Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey.

According to the news release:

Molina is charged with the murder of 23-year-old Christine Huh, of the Somerset section of Franklin.

She was stabbed in a New Brunswick apartment last month while visiting Molina.

Molina, is also charged with possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.

The teen was initially was taken into custody and charged with juvenile delinquency in connection with the homicide, but after state Superior Court Judge James F. Hyland, sitting in Family Court, determined the boy could be tried as an adult, he was charged with murder and the weapons offense.

His bail was set at $1 million and he remains in custody at the Middlesex County Youth Detention Center.

Molina was taken into custody on May 10, several hours after New Brunswick police were sent to a ninth-floor apartment at 60 Paterson Street. That’s where they found the victim.

Huh was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, where she was pronounced dead at 3:50 a.m.

City Detective Raymond Quick and Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Wayne Canastra are handling the ongoing investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call Quick at (732) 745-5217 or Canastra at (732) 745-3809.