FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Raymond Worrall
PHONE: (201) 795-6400 Ext. 6737
EMAIL: rworrall@hcpo.org
DATE: Monday, January 2, 2017
SON CHARGED FOR NEW YEAR’S EVE MURDER OF HIS MOTHER IN BAYONNE
Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information:
On January 2, 2017, Michael Metro, age 49, was charged for the murder of his mother, Kathleen Metro. Both mother and son lived together in the Pamrapo Gardens Public Housing Complex located on East 50th St. in Bayonne.
Michael Metro was charged by members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit at Jersey City Medical Center where he was being treated for several injuries. He was charged with one count of Murder in violation of N.J.S. 2C:11-3a, a first degree crime. Metro is currently being held at the hospital while he recovers from his injuries and his detention status will be determined at a later date.
On December 31, 2016 at approximately 10:50 p.m. Bayonne Police Officers were dispatched to the Pamrapo Gardens Public Housing Complex on a 911 call of a man injured in the courtyard behind that building. Upon arrival, officers found a male, later identified as Michael Metro with injuries to his upper body. Officers discovered an open third-floor apartment window above the area where the man was found.
Upon entering that apartment, Bayonne Police Officers observed the lifeless body of a female, later identified as Kathleen Metro, age 69, lying on the floor with visible trauma to her upper torso. The medical examiner has determined that the cause of death was asphyxiation and the manner of death was homicide.
Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Bayonne Police Department for helping with the investigation. The Bayonne Fire Department assisted the law enforcement agencies.
The above charges are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. R.P.C.3.6(b)(6).