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Man Wanted In 2019 Wallkill Slaying Arrested: Police

Jamaad Murphy was found after a 14-month manhunt, police said.

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Jamaad Mikal Murphy, 27, of Middletown, was accused of killing a man outside a sports bar in the town of Wallkill.
Jamaad Mikal Murphy, 27, of Middletown, was accused of killing a man outside a sports bar in the town of Wallkill. (New York State Police/file)

WALLKILL, NY — The man accused of killing another man outside a sports bar in 2019 has been arrested.

The New York State Police announced Thursday Jamaad Mikal Murphy, 27, of Middletown, had been charged with second-degree murder, a felony.

He was indicted Dec. 17, 2019, by an Orange County grand jury for second-degree murder related to the 2019 killing of Matthew Napoleoni outside of the Made in Puerto Rico Latin Cuisine and Sports Bar in the town of Wallkill.

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Napoleoni was shot and killed around 2:30 a.m. Nov. 3, 2019, at the sports bar located on Schutt Road.

After a 14-month manhunt, state police and the FBI Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force located Murphy in a home in the town of Ramapo.

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He was remanded to the Orange County Jail without bail.

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