FREEHOLD – A man who was the suspect in the murder of his own father in Matawan has officially been arrested and charged for murder.
Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced that Kenneth Knapp, Jr., 31, was charged with first-degree Murder and second-degree Desecration of Human Remains in connection with the death of Kenneth Knapp Sr., 58.
“On Sunday, May 1, members of the Matawan Police Department responding to a request for a welfare check at a residence on the 200 block of Matawan Avenue found the body of Kenneth Knapp Sr. in the basement. Both the cause and manner of death were initially listed as pending following an autopsy, but the finalized autopsy report issued last month revealed that the cause of death was blunt-force trauma, with the manner of death being homicide,” Linksey said.
An investigation involving members of the MCPO Major Crimes Bureau and the Matawan Police Department led to Knapp being identified as a suspect, and he was taken into custody without incident on Friday, August 19 at a location in the Belle Mead section of Montgomery Township (Somerset County). Knapp was then transported to the Monmouth County Correctional Institution (MCCI), where he remains lodged pending a detention hearing to take place in Monmouth County Superior Court.