The Princeton Soccer star who was accused of killing his younger brother and eating his eyeball, made his first court.
Matthew Hertgen, 31, looked dazed when he was his first performance in Mercer County Court because of his first performance on Thursday morning.
He is accused of murder in the first degree, various weapons and animal abuse for killing his 26-year-old brother Joseph Hertgen and set fire to Saturday night.
Matthew, dressed in a blue anti-suicide cook, looked dazed and speechless during the entire 20-minute hearing. His brown hair was confused and his bread was long and unbet.
During the hearing, his lawyer Jason Matey asked for a week -long delay, so that he can prepare and assess the discovery. Assistant officer of Justice Tim McCann also agreed.
Judge Amber Gibbs said that the three -day legal delay will be outstanding until next week on Thursday 6 March at 11 am.
Matey asked McCann to transfer an extra discovery so that he can judge before he meets Matthew on Tuesday before the hearing.
Before the session was postponed, Maddy told his client; 'Matt, I will see you Tuesday, March 4. You can leave the stand. '
If convicted, Matthew has been behind bars for 30 years.
Matthew Hertgen, 31, looked dazed when he was his first performance in Mercer County Court because of his first performance on Thursday morning.
He is accused of murder in the first degree, various weapons and animal abuse for killing his 26-year-old brother Joseph Hertgen (photo) and set fire to Saturday night
The police believe that he has torn the eyeball of his younger brother or sister and ate it because a bloody knife, board and fork were discovered near Joseph on the spot, a source told the New York Post.
The Princeton police responded to a call from 911 that there was a fire and a dead body within one of the houses in the Michelle Mews apartments, according to the Mercer County Officor office
When officers responded to the scene, they found Matthew, who had called 911, in the residence together with the beaten and cutting of the victim's body and a dead cat.
Dailymail.com heard that Matthew – who went to Ritzy Private College Wesleyan University – had schizophrenia and was in and out of psychiatric hospitals prior to the murder of his brother.
The police believe that Matthew used a knife and a golf club to attack and kill his brother in a brutal way, who worked as a banker after graduating at the University of Michigan.
On Wednesday, two men from Servo Cleaning Company made three trips from Apartment 621 with different contents from the inside.
A Servo Cleaning Company was on Wednesday in the Michelle Mews apartment complex after the murder of Joseph
Matthew has to return to court on Thursday 6 March at 11 am. If convicted, he has been going to life behind bars for 30 years
While they loaded the items in the truck, a reporter from DailyMail.com approached to inquire if they were cleaning apartment 621. They did not respond, but then it was asked to nod if it was the right apartment, a man did this before she drove away.
The crew of two men was about four hours on Wednesday and spent a few hours there on Tuesday.
A woman who lives in the building said that construction management sent a letter on Monday morning about the tragedy, but little was shared.
'They did not give any details or give the names of people and then shortly after you have seen all the articles that came out. It's terrible, “said the woman, who didn't want to be identified.
She said she never saw one of the family members, but said that the apartment would be too small to have four people in that unity.
Another woman, who has been living in Princeton for more than 40 years, said she heard about the crime and called it “incredible.”
Reminder of the age of the older brother, who is 31, the woman added: 'It is a typical age for mental disorders to arise between 23 and 33. It's just a textbook for men and women. “
Employees were seen who replaced a carpet in the apartment after the bloody murder
Joseph (Middle) worked as a banker after graduating at the University of Michigan
A few, who lives in the neighborhood, Michelle Mews, said they were “shocked” about the horrible crime.
“It wasn't very Princeton-Ey,” the man said. The woman chimed in: 'Oh Lord. That brother was a lot of anger. I want to know what the motive was. '
A broker for the area told DailyMail.com that the apartment in which the brothers lived was a rent.
The monthly rate is between $ 6,000-7,000 a month. He said he believes that the apartment was in the name of the mother and that they have it for a while.
The Hertgen brothers were raised in the picturesque coastal city of Toms River by their multi-millionaire Tech-Mogul father David and mother Debra.
Their father, David Hertgen, is according to his LinkedIn the president and CFO of business internet provider Wiline Networks.
They also have a third brother, David Jr., who works for their father's company. He lives in an apartment in Greenwich Village in New York City.
Dailymail.com went to Wiline Networks headquarters on Tuesday evening, but the offices were closed. Someone in the building said that there are usually one to two people in the office until 9 p.m., but the offices are closed early.
They also have a third brother, David Jr., who works for their father's company. He lives in an apartment in Greenwich Village in New York City. (Shown: Joseph (left), David Jr. (center) and Matthew (right)
When contacted by DailyMail.com, the father of the brothers David and older brother or sister David Jr. not.
The prosperous brothers grew up in a mansion with three beds in Toms River, New Jersey, which was equipped with a swimming pool in the back garden.
Online records show that the house, which is worth $ 1.2 million, was sold in 2018. According to Records, the parents have been living in unity since 2018, which coincides with the sale of their country house that same year.
David is a registered democrat, but in 2023 he donated $ 1,000 to the Republican Senate candidate Alex Moeney of West Virginia, according to records.
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