Son Testifies Against Rabbi in Murder Trial
The son of a rabbi charged with arranging his wife’s killing testified that his parents had a serious argument that included talk of divorce two nights before she was slain.
Matthew Neulander also said he was stunned at the lack of emotion exhibited by his father, Rabbi Fred Neulander, the night of Nov. 1, 1994, after Carol Neulander was bludgeoned to death in their Cherry Hill home.
The testimony came in the retrial of Fred Neulander in Monmouth County. Last year, a jury deadlocked.
The prosecution contends that Fred Neulander paid two men to have his wife killed. The defense claims that the two men, who have pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, are lying about the rabbi’s involvement.
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