Crime & Justice
Funeral set for beloved college student Sarah Butler, who was strangled to death
Sarah Butler, the New Jersey college student who was strangled death before Thanksgiving will be laid to rest a week before Christmas.
Sarah Butler’s loved ones will lay the New Jersey college student to rest a week before Christmas, after she was strangled and later found in a park before Thanksgiving.
Funeral for Sarah Butler
On Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m., St. Mark’s Methodist Church in Montclair will hold a wake for Sarah Butler, the 20-year-old Montclair woman whose body police found in a West Orange park on Dec. 1. The church will hold a funeral service Friday at 11 a.m, reports NJ.com.
A family friend set up a GoFundMe account to raise money to help cover her burial and other expenses. In 10 days, it raised nearly $14,000.
Butler’s killer
Her accused killer, Khalil Wheeler-Weaver, 20 of East Orange, has pleaded not guilty to murdering the beloved Butler.
Wheeler-Weaver is charged with murder and disturbing human remains.
Authorities are holding him on $1 million bail, cash or bond.
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