It was gruesome. It was way overboard, he even killed the cat, setting him on fire,” said a cop source at the scene.

Matthew Hertgen allegedly killed his younger brother, Joseph, and is now facing various charges including first-degree murder and one count of animal cruelty.

The Princeton, New Jersey, man accused of killing his former college athlete brother and a cat posted eerie messages to ...

Former Connecticut college student Matthew Hertgen, 31, was arrested in New Jersey after police found his brother, Joseph ...

A Princeton man is charged with the murder of his brother - both of whom are former Toms River residents - after allegedly ...

Matthew Hertgen is accused of attacking Joseph with a knife and a golf club, fatally slashing and beating him around 11:15 ...

A former college soccer star has been charged with killing his younger brother and a pet cat inside a New Jersey apartment ...

The preppy Princeton, New Jersey man who allegedly murdered his younger brother and butchered the family feline inside their ...

A late-night 911 call reporting a fire and a body led to the arrest of a man in the killing of his brother -- a former ...

"The Hertgens are good people," Joseph Mahon, 50, who coached both brothers at Toms River North High School, told The Post.

A former college soccer player accused of killing his younger brother and a cat apparently posted a violent poem on social ...