Murder Suspect Threatened To Jump From Princeton Parking Deck

PRINCETON, NJ — A suspect in a New York murder was arrested in Princeton Wednesday night after he threatened to jump from the Spring Street Parking Garage deck, police said.

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

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.

A communications officer checking municipal surveillance cameras spotted the vehicle on the roof of the Spring Street Parking Garage, and notified the patrol sergeant and detectives. Detectives soon found the car and Lloyd Neurauter on the scene.

At that point, he threatened to jump off the five-story parking garage, but Princeton police and New Jersey State Police detectives were able to talk him out of doing so. He surrendered at about 7 p.m. The street had been blocked off for more than an hour.

No one was injured during the incident. He will be extradited to Corning, N.Y., but remained in New Jersey as of Thursday morning.

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 didn't elaborate on any evidence they had during the press conference, but they did say the cause of death was strangulation.

Police executed search warrants at the home — where Michele Neurauter lived with her 14-year-old daughter — at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Kerrie Neurater was then arrested at her apartment and detained in Steuben County Jail, with a court appearance scheduled for Friday morning.

Police said Lloyd Neurauter never lived in the home in which the alleged murder took place. He and the victim did have other children between the two of them.

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