El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer anunció que en mayo 1, 2021, Gerardo Ruiz, 50, de alturas del mar, was charged with Murder in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(1), relative to the death of Alecia Perreault, age 29, de alturas del mar, that occurred in the early morning hours of May 1, 2021, in Seaside Heights.
En mayo 1, 2021, aproximadamente a 7:30 soy., Seaside Heights Police received a telephone call from an individual claiming to have knowledge that Ruiz killed a female at the Offshore Motel in Seaside Heights. The caller further advised that Ruiz was staying at the Surfside Motel in Seaside Heights. Officers responded to a room at the Offshore Motel, where they located the body of Ms. Perreault with apparent wounds to her neck; EM. Perreault was pronounced deceased at the scene. Officers subsequently responded to Ruiz’s room at the Surfside Motel, and discovered that he had experienced an apparent drug overdose. Ruiz is currently in the protective custody of the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office at a medical facility. Ruiz is currently listed in serious but stable condition.
Una investigación de la Unidad de Delitos Mayores de la Fiscalía del Condado de Ocean, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office and Seaside Heights Police Department Detective Bureau determined that Ruiz is the individual responsible for Ms. Perreault’s death. “The Ocean County Medical Examiner has preliminarily determined this to be a homicide but the cause and manner are currently pending further testing,”, afirmó el fiscal Billhimer..
El Fiscal Billhimer reconoce a la Unidad de Delitos Mayores de la Fiscalía del Condado de Ocean, Unidad de Defensa de Testigos Vitim de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Oficina de detectives del Departamento de Policía de Seaside Heights, y la Unidad de Investigación de la Escena del Crimen de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ocean, por su cooperación en relación con esta investigación.
Se recuerda a la prensa y al público que todos los acusados se presumen inocentes a menos y hasta que se demuestre su culpabilidad más allá de toda duda razonable en un tribunal de justicia..