Brick man gets 8 years for desecrating human remains in grisly countywide double murder-suicide

TOMS RIVER, N.J. — A Brick Township man has been sentenced to eight years in state prison for his role in the desecration of a murder victim’s remains following a homicide in Toms River, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced Thursday.

Jared Krysiak, 34, pleaded guilty in December to desecration of human remains in connection with the killing of 56-year-old Kerry Rollason, whose dismembered body was discovered in Jackson Township in July 2024.

Investigators determined that Krysiak, along with several others, helped dispose of the remains following the murder at a residence on Ravenwood Drive.

The investigation began on July 5, 2024, when law enforcement tracked murder suspect Maxwell Johnston, 35, to the Ravenwood Drive home.

Johnston, wanted for the murder of Gabriella Caroleo in Manchester, refused to surrender and was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A subsequent search of the property led to evidence suggesting Rollason had also been murdered there.

On July 12, detectives executed a search warrant at a location in Jackson Township, where they discovered Rollason’s dismembered remains in black bags, along with a hatchet. The medical examiner determined he had died from multiple gunshot wounds and blunt force trauma.

Further investigation revealed that Elizabeth Mascarelli, 29, was responsible for Rollason’s murder, while Krysiak, along with Danielle Bolstad, 42, and Jared Palumbo, 36, assisted in dismembering and disposing of his body.

Krysiak was arrested as a fugitive on July 16, 2024, and has remained in custody since.

Mascarelli pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in December and was sentenced to 25 years in prison last week. Bolstad and Palumbo also pleaded guilty to related charges and are scheduled for sentencing in March.

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