Today, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Manchester Township Police Chief Brian Klimakowski announced Janet Wilson had been arrested at the Vagabond Motel in Reno, Nev., on June 20 on charges of aggravated manslaughter, desecrating human remains and neglect of a disabled adult in connec
In a review of Social Security records, investigators also found that Janet Wilson never reported the death of her daughter, was still receiving her daughters disability checks and as late as June 17 had transferred $600 from her daughters bank account to her own.
The accusations against Janet Wilson seemed to stun Burghardt, who said she was friendly with both mother and daughter as well as a son who no longer lives at the home. Janet Wilsons husband, Thomas. died about five years ago from renal failure, according to the neighbor, who said even after the hu
"There seemed to be a complete turnaround," however, several months ago, Burghardt said. It had been weeks since shed seen Janet Wilson and when she did, she was in the company of another man, not her daughter.
Manchester detectives, with an assist from the prosecutors office as well as Reno police, eventually determined that Janet Wilson was living in the Vagabond Motel in Reno, Coronato confirmed. New Jersey authorities flew out to Nevada to make the arrest, he said, and Wilson waived extradition. She a
Authorities would not comment on the timeline of Rebecca Wilsons death when Janet Wilson may have left for Nevada, whether her daughter was alive at the time of her departure, or whether she knew that her child had died. They also said an autopsy of the decomposed body has not yet determined a ca