FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (1010 WINS) — A Philadelphia man has been charged for the murder of a man found dead in a wooded area behind a Franklin Township home in 2020.
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Juaquan S. Fitzgerald, 33, was arrested in Philadelphia Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder, second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and second-degree unlawfully disturbing human remains, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday.
Franklin Township Police responded to the home on Park Street just after 6:30 p.m. on April 29, 2020, after people found a body, later identified as Duane S. Banks, of Franklin.
Prosecutor John P. McDonald did not disclose how the 27-year-old was killed.
Fitzgerald is currently being held at a Philadelphia jail pending an extradition hearing.
Anyone with information is asked to call the prosecutor's office major crimes unit at 908-231-7100, Township Police at 732-873-5533 or the county’s CrimeStoppers tip line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477).
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