El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer anunció que en mayo 11, 2022, Gerardo Ruiz, 51, de alturas del mar, was indicted by a Grand Jury sitting in Ocean County on a charge of Murder in violation of NJSA. 2C:11-3a(1), in connection with the death of Alecia Perreault, 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 was thereafter transported to Community Medical Center in Toms River – under the protective custody of the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office.
Una investigación de la Unidad de Delitos Mayores de la Fiscalía del Condado de Ocean, Oficina del Sheriff del condado de Ocean, and Seaside Heights Police Department Detective Bureau, determined that Ruiz was the individual responsible for Ms. Perreault’s death. Since being released from Community Medical Center, Ruiz has been detained in a secure medical facility.
Prosecutor Billhimer acknowledges the diligent efforts of Assistant Prosecutor Kimberly Carr who presented the case to the Grand Jury on behalf of the State, así como la Unidad de Delitos Mayores de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Unidad de Defensa de Víctimas y Testigos de la Fiscalía 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, for their combined and collective efforts in connection with this investigation resulting in Ruiz’s apprehension and indictment.
Los cargos mencionados anteriormente son meras acusaciones y 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..
RPC. 3.6(b)(6).