NJ- 17 year old best friends killed in hit and run, family of one victim says she was "stalked" for months by suspect

[legalese]

Just a matter of time before he’s waived up to adult court to face the criminal charges. He’s already been issued over a dozen tickets for the traffic violations.

I’m local so this case is of particular interest to me.

 

[Aegon_the_Conqueror]

no different than a gun.

Suspected NJ stalker was driving 70 mph when he allegedly killed teen girls on e-bike: court records

Vincent Battiloro was allegedly driving nearly three times faster than the 25 mph speed limit when he plowed into Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas, court records show.

nypost.com

If anything this is worse. If they were still conscious afterward it would've been slow and excruciating. A gun can easily be instantaneous. This was personal.

 

[Aegon_the_Conqueror]

Just a matter of time before he’s waived up to adult court to face the criminal charges. He’s already been issued over a dozen tickets for the traffic violations.

I’m local so this case is of particular interest to me.

He was charged as an adult. Might as well, he was only a month from turning 18.

 

[legalese]

He was charged as an adult. Might as well, he was only a month from turning 18.

He has been charged as a juvenile but will almost certainly be waived up.

Will driver, 17, charged with murder of 2 girls be tried as adult? Here are the rules in N.J.

Municipal court records identified Vincent Battiloro, 17, of Garwood, as the driver accused of intentionally striking and killing 2 girls on an e-bike.

www.nj.com

 

[Legally Bland]

If anything this is worse. If they were still conscious afterward it would've been slow and excruciating. A gun can easily be instantaneous. This was personal.

What an odd thing to say. People don't die slowly and excruciatingly from gunshot wounds?

 

[Eli9]

I was just scrolling TikTok and saw this guy's video. I knew there would be a thread here about it. Horrified at his actions!

 

[Eli9]

"I do unequivocably condemn the actions of the accused, and like you, I demand that he face the consequences of his alleged actions in a court of law. As a law enforcement officer, I maintain full faith and confidence in our criminal justice system, and that it will ensure he is held fully accountable. I, too, pray for these families. I, too, demand full accountability and justice," he said.

Westfield police chief says Cranford accused murderer not his son, condemns actions

Westfield Police Chief Christopher Battiloro confirmed the accused driver is a relative, but not his son.

www.mycentraljersey.com

From the same article.

"As a result of this tragic incident, I lost a neighbor – a beautiful, charismatic young lady named Isabella Salas, who I have watched grow up since the day I moved to Cranford."
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"I am writing this to let you know that I stand WITH you – my Cranford friends and neighbors – and that I grieve WITH you," he said. "My wife, my children and I are absolutely heartbroken over this senseless loss of life, but also of the lost feeling of safety and security in the neighborhood and community that you and I call home."

 

[theonewithallthequestions]

Was reading an article about this case in The New York Times and this new piece of info stood out to me. There’s so much evidence that he was harassing Maria for months. It’s incredibly disturbing. Also, incredibly infuriating that not more was done to protect this poor girl.

“Elio Martinez, 17, another friend of Maria’s, said that Maria and Vincent had gone to school together and that she had complained to the principal and the police about him. The Cranford police declined to comment, as did officials at the high school that Elio said Maria and Vincent attended.

Elio shared screenshots with a New York Times reporter of an exchange of Instagram messages in April between him and an account linked to Vincent’s other social media accounts.

In the exchange, Elio told Vincent to stop bothering Maria, who was Elio’s girlfriend then. Vincent threatened to release nude photos of her.

“I’m not leaving her alone until she apologizes to me,” he added. Vincent sent Elio a nude photo of a girl.

“I did it to one girl,” Vincent wrote. “I’ll do it to another.” He added: “Keep running your mouth and I’ll create your girls nudes” right now.”

2 Teen Girls Died In a Hit-And-Run. Another Teen Faces Murder Charges.

The 17-year-old friends in a small New Jersey town were killed on their way to get ice cream. Prosecutors said the crash was intentional.

www.nytimes.com

 

[TristanP]

From the same article.

"As a result of this tragic incident, I lost a neighbor – a beautiful, charismatic young lady named Isabella Salas, who I have watched grow up since the day I moved to Cranford."
..
"I am writing this to let you know that I stand WITH you – my Cranford friends and neighbors – and that I grieve WITH you," he said. "My wife, my children and I are absolutely heartbroken over this senseless loss of life, but also of the lost feeling of safety and security in the neighborhood and community that you and I call home."

Sounds like he didn't care enough to stop the harassment that she had been complaining about for months...