MONMOUTH COUNTY – A 20-year-old Long Branch man has been arrested and charged with the stabbing death of a 16-year-old girl.
The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said Bryan Cordero-Castro knew his victim, who police have not identified although they did say she was also from Long Branch.
Long Branch Police responded to a call Saturday night around 10:42 p.m. reporting the stabbing at 284 Van Pelt Place.
The victim was taken to Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch where she died about a half hour later.
Cordero-Castro is charged with first degree Murder, third degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose and third degree Attempted Escape.
If you have any information that can help the authorities with the investigation, call Detective Wayne Raynor, of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office at 1-800-533-7443 or Long Branch Police Detective Joseph Spitale at 732-222-1000.
Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor Matthew Bogner is the lead investigator in the probe.
