A 34-year-old Barnegat Township resident has been charged in the murders of his parents on Nov. 2.
Eugene Mulgrew and his wife, Cheryl, ages 71 and 69, respectively, were found stabbed to death in their home in Barnegat.
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said that at 11 a.m. that day, officers were summoned to a residence on Lincoln Avenue to assist medical personnel with performing a mobile outreach at the residence. As the officers approached the residence, they observed a male walking away.
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