MONMOUTH COUNTY – A Matawan man has been arrested and charged after killing his father in the home they previously shared, officials said.
Kenneth Knapp, Jr., 31, is charged with first-degree Murder and second-degree Desecration of Human Remains in connection with the death of Kenneth Knapp Sr., 58.
On May 1, officers from the Matawan Police Department were dispatched to a home on Matawan Avenue after receiving a request for a welfare check. Inside the home police found the body of Kenneth Knapp Sr. in the basement.
The finalized autopsy report issued last month revealed that the cause of death was blunt-force trauma, with the manner of death being homicide, police said.
Knapp was arrested without incident on August 19 at a location in the Belle Mead section of Montgomery Township (Somerset County).
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Detective Joseph Mason of the Matawan Police Department at 732-566-1010 and/or MCPO Detective Brian Migliorisi at 800-533-7443.
Convictions on criminal charges of this nature are commonly punishable by terms of up to life in state prison.
Charges are merely accusations until proven in a court of law.
