TINTON FALLS, N.J. (1010 WINS) -- A woman who strangled her girlfriend to death and buried the body in a friend’s yard was sentenced to 95 years in prison on Friday, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office announced Saturday.
Jennifer Sweeney, a 38-year-old from Tinton Falls, solicited a friend to shoot Tyrita Julius, 41, and, when that plan failed, strangled her to death with an electrical cord.
“This sentencing is a fitting outcome to the prosecution of genuinely monstrous crimes,” said Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. “This defendant’s actions were callous, calculated, and vicious, and ended the life of a woman beloved by her family and friends.”
In November 2015, Julius was shot eight times while driving in Linden, causing her to crash into a utility pole. Her teenage daughter who was sitting in the passenger seat was also hit.
Both survived the shooting.
Police found Julius’ remains in August 2016, five months after she was reported missing by her mother.
Her body was found wrapped in garbage bags with an electrical cord around her neck in the backyard of Andre Harris, who was later identified as the gunman in the 2015 shooting.
Harris, 38, took a plea deal that required him to testify against Sweeney.
He told the jury that Sweeney believed Harris was cheating on her and wanted her dead for the perceived betrayal.
Sweeney was sentenced to 25 years for ordering the shooting and 75 years for her role in the murder.
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