JERSEY CITY – On March 11, Jeffery T. Harley, age 50, of Lexington Avenue in Jersey City, was charged with the murder of Lucila Cardenas Viejo, age 81.
In a release, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said bail has been set in the amount of two million dollars, cash only. The victim’s body was discovered in the morning hours of Feb. 7 on the floor of her apartment at 64A Lexington Avenue, having suffered multiple blunt and sharp force injuries. A post mortem examination determined the manner of death to be homicide.
Harley has been charged with murder; felony murder during the commission of a robbery; robbery; armed robbery; felony murder during the commission of burglary; burglary; armed burglary; possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose that being a knife; and unlawful possession of a weapon that being knife.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Jersey City Police Department were also involved with the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit in the investigation.
Alleged killer of 81-year-old woman charged
