LAKEWOOD – A man who allegedly killed his girlfriend was indicted on charges of Murder and Theft, police said.
John Filistovich, 59, lived at a Thornbury Court home in Lakewood with his girlfriend, Betty Perry, 60.
Police went to the home to do a welfare check on Perry on May 30. She was found dead on the floor of the bedroom. The autopsy revealed blunt force injuries to the head, neck and chest along with asphyxiation.
Her car, a 2015 Hyundai Elantra, was missing, police said. It was located by Maryland State Troopers who found Filistovich on the side of the road near Salisbury, Maryland. He was taken into custody, and first placed in a medical facility before being transferred to the Ocean County Jail.
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer thanked Assistant Prosecutor Kaitlyn Burke who presented the case to the Grand Jury on behalf of the State, and commended the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit, Lakewood Police, Lakewood Detective Bureau, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office, Maryland State Police, and Salisbury (Maryland) Police Department, for their collective and cooperative assistance in connection with this investigation.
Charges are merely accusations until proven in a court of law.
