GUILTY NJ - Angela Bledsoe, 44, fatally shot - Montclair, 23 Oct 2018 *James Ray III arrested, found guilty May 2023, found dead in jail June 2023*

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Ex-NYPD Cop Captured After Fleeing to Cuba Found Guilty of Murdering NJ Mom

A lawyer and former officer with the NYPD was convicted of killing the mother of his 6-year-old daughter at their suburban New Jersey home five years ago before fleeing the country for Cuba. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said a jury sat for a six-week trial and deliberated just three...

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The Essex County Prosecutor's Office said a jury sat for a six-week trial and deliberated just three hours before finding James Ray III guilty for the murder of Angela Bledsoe in 2018.

The Montclair man fled the state after shooting Bledsoe to death on Oct. 23 inside the home they shared together. Authorities say the 44-year-old mother had returned home from dropping off their daughter at school when he shot her multiple times.

Many more details and expert testimony here, too long to summarize:

James Ray III found guilty on all counts in murder of Angela Bledsoe in Montclair

James Ray III was found guilty on all counts on Friday for the murder of his girlfriend Angela Bledsoe at their Upper Montclair home in 2018.

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RIP Angela. Now you have justice.

 

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A New Jersey lawyer, who was convicted of killing his longtime girlfriend before fleeing to Cuba five years ago, has died less than a month before he was scheduled to be sentenced, officials announced this week
N.J. Lawyer Convicted of Killing Mother of His Child Dies While Awaiting Sentencing
rest in hell sir.

 

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Montclair murderer James Ray III found dead in jail

Before being convicted, Ray said the killing was in self-defense after his girlfriend picked up a gun he had been cleaning and pointed it at him.

www.northjersey.com

James Ray III, the attorney who was convicted in May of murdering his girlfriend Angela Bledsoe in their Upper Montclair home in 2018, died Sunday after being found unconscious in his cell at the Essex County Correctional Facility, said Robert Florida, a spokesman for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.

 

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On an early October morning in 2018, investigators responded to a call in the affluent suburb of Montclair, New Jersey. When they arrived at the home, investigators were met with a grisly scene – 44-year-old Angela Bledsoe was lying dead on her kitchen floor.

The mother and financial adviser had been shot to death in the home she shared with her boyfriend, 55-year-old attorney James R. Ray III.

"20/20" examines the chilling case and ensuing international manhunt in an episode airing Friday, Dec. 8, at 9 p.m. ET and streaming the next day on Hulu​

NJ mom's murder leads to international manhunt and an unforgettable twist

On an early October morning in 2018, New Jersey investigators were met with a grisly scene – 44-year-old Angela Bledsoe was lying dead on her kitchen floor.

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“Part memoir, part spy thriller,” says ABC News 20/20 co-anchor Deborah Roberts, the 18-page journal details “the full version of what he says happened the day he killed his live-in girlfriend, Angela Bledsoe.”

'It Seemed Like I Couldn't Stop Firing': Killer's Diary Gives Disturbing Insight into N.J. Mom's Murder

Angela Bledsoe was murdered in her Montclair, N.J., home in 2018, and the case is examined on ABC's "20/20."

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