Fourth Man Arrested in Jonelle Melton’s Murder

Neptune City Police Department received a 911 call around 9:07 a.m. on Sept. 14, 2009, reporting to the discovery of unresponsive woman in an apartment in the Brighton Arms complex, 311 West Sylvania Ave.  Officers arrived on scene and found Melton; Monmouth Ocean Hospital Services Corporation paramedics arrived shortly thereafter and pronounced her deceased, the prosecutor’s office said.

According to the prosecutor’s office, the investigation has continued for six years, and was one of the first cases to utilize the Monmouth County Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line and reward program.

It said the four men charged “planned to burglarize a specific apartment in the Brighton Arms complex. However, the men broke into the wrong apartment and encountered the victim.”

“At some point after realizing they were in the wrong apartment, the men brutally murdered Melton,” the prosecutor’s office said.

Information into Jonelle Melton’s murder