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County officials praise investigators after arrest in 1990 Vernon Township homicide
Summary
Director Space read a prosecutor’s office press release announcing the arrest and imminent extradition of a suspect in a 1990 Vernon Township homicide, praising state police and local detectives for breakthroughs using DNA technology.
At the meeting, Director Space read a press release from the Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office announcing the arrest in a decades-old homicide.
The prosecutor, state police and Vernon Township police announced that Robert William McCaffrey Jr., 54, will be extradited from North Carolina to New Jersey to face charges connected to the 1990 homicide of Lisa Marie McBride of Vernon Township. Director Space praised the state police and prosecutor’s office for investigative work and noted that formal charges and arraignment procedures are expected to be made public following the defendant’s initial court appearance.
The press release as read at the meeting said that the case was solved through DNA-technology advancements and coordinated investigative efforts; the prosecutor’s office plans to seek pre-trial detention and scheduled a detention hearing the week of April 27, 2026.
What’s next: the complaint, warrant and affidavit of probable cause will be made publicly available after arraignment, and the prosecutor’s office will pursue the usual charging and detention processes in Superior Court.
