{"id":157999,"date":"2021-05-12T19:15:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T23:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=157999"},"modified":"2021-05-12T19:15:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T23:15:47","slug":"prosecutor-man-staged-girlfriends-death-to-look-like-a-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/prosecutor-man-staged-girlfriends-death-to-look-like-a-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor: Man Staged Girlfriend’s Death To Look Like A Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Camden, N.J. \u2013 The boyfriend of a woman found dead inside her Camden home on Monday has been charged in her death.<\/p>\n

Edwin Zavaleta, 28, of Camden, has been charged with one count of first-degree Murder and one count of fourth-degree Tampering with Evidence.<\/p>\n

On May 10, police responded to their home 1000 block of S. 6th St. around 8:45 a.m. for a report of a woman found unresponsive. Officers discovered Tonia Yamileth Zavaleta, 25, dead in an upstairs bedroom.<\/p>\n

Zavaleta\u2019s cause of death was listed as “a stab wound and blunt force trauma to the neck.”<\/p>\n

Detectives say Edwin Zavaleta allegedly killed his girlfriend before “staging it to appear as a suicide.” He was arrested and transported to the Camden County Correctional Facility awaiting a detention hearing.<\/p>\n

A motive for the attack was not disclosed.<\/p>\n