JERSEY CITY AND BEYOND — According to the Associated Press, Shiquan Bellamy, 19, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to five murders in the past two months, including the recent (and heavily publicized) double murder involving a recently engaged couple, Michael Muchiaki, 27, and Nia Haqq, 25.
The report noted: “He appeared in a New Jersey courtroom while wearing dark-green prison scrubs and cuffed at the waist and wrists, answering ‘yes, sir’ in a barely audible whisper to a judge’s questions.”
County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio commented: “What disturbs me the most is how a 19-year-old can be involved in this depraved, gratuitous killing.”