A man in his thirties was arrested after allegedly killing his parents in Barnegat Township, New Jersey, according to officials.
Officers were called to a home on Lincoln Avenue around 11 a.m. on Thursday. When they arrived at the scene, they saw a man walking away and what looked like blood on the front door of the home, according to police.
Once inside the house, police said they found blood throughout the home and the bodies of a man and a woman in the bedroom.
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Police said that the victims had stab wounds to their torsos, and were identified as Eugene Mulgrew, 71, and Cheryl Mulgrew, 69. A knife was found near the bedroom.
The man who was seen walking away from the home by police at the scene was later found by other officers near the intersection of West Bay Boulevard and Gunning River Road, according to police.
Police were able to confirm his identity as Michael Mulgrew and he was arrested.
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The joint investigation by Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Barnegat Township Police Department and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office found that Michael Mulgrew was the suspect wanted for the stabbing deaths of his parents.
Mulgrew is being held at the Ocean County Jail.
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