Police Release Video Of Murder Suspect's Capture In Princeton

PRINCETON, NJ — New Jersey State Police have released video of the moment a murder suspect who threatened to jump from the Spring Street Garage in Princeton was captured.

Lloyd Neurauter, 45, of North Brunswick, was arrested at about 7 p.m. Wednesday night. He and Karrie Neurater, 20, of Syracuse, NY, have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 46-year-old Michele Neurauter, according to the Corning Police Department. Michele was Karrie's mother and Lloyd's ex-wife. The motive was unknown, and the investigation is ongoing.

Karrie Neurauter was arrested at her apartment in Syracuse on Wednesday, police said. But Princeton police were notified at about 4:46 p.m. Wednesday afternoon that he had been tracked to Princeton, and sent out a bulletin for a silver Toyota Prius. The Prius had last been seen on Hibben Marie Road in Princeton.

He was tracked to Spring Street Garage, where he threatened to jump from the five-story parking deck, police said. Princeton police and New Jersey State Police detectives were able to talk him out of doing so. He was captured at about 7 p.m.

The video, attached to this post, depicts Neurauter walking at the top of the garage seconds before police officers close in and tackle him to the ground. He was then taken to Princeton Medical Center for evaluation and was later lodged at the Mercer County Work House as a fugitive from justice pending extradition to face charges in New York, New Jersey State Police said in a Facebook post on Friday.

Also on Friday, Karrie Neurauter, a student at Rochester Institute of Technology, pleaded not guilty to her charges, according to NBC 10. Police say Michele Neurauter was strangled to death.

The alleged murder occurred at Michele Neurauter's home on Aug. 28, and was made to look like a suicide, police said. A six-month investigation by the Corning Police Department, New York State Police and the FBI determined that the death wasn't a suicide after police noticed what they described as "things that were suspicious" at the scene.

Police executed search warrants at the home — where Michele Neurauter lived with her 14-year-old daughter — at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday before making the arrests.

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