Rabbi Is Charged in Wife’s Slaying, Could Get Death Penalty
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CAMDEN, N.J. — A rabbi was indicted Tuesday on a charge of capital murder in the killing of his wife, making him eligible for the death penalty.
Two men pleaded guilty this month to killing Carol Neulander in 1994, saying her husband, Rabbi Fred Neulander, hired them for the job.
Mrs. Neulander, 52, was beaten to death at the couple’s home. Authorities allege that Neulander, 58, who founded Congregation M’Kor Shalom synagogue with his wife in 1974, wanted her killed so he could continue having an affair with a Philadelphia radio personality.
The seventh-generation rabbi could become the first New Jersey clergyman to face the death penalty.
The indictment takes the place of 1998 charges of accomplice to murder and conspiracy to commit murder, which did not carry a possible death sentence. His arraignment was scheduled for today.
Neulander is free on $400,000 bail.
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