Man admits killing mother with ax - NJ.com
TOMS RIVER — A Lakewood man admitted he killed his mother with an ax. Brian Keith Cassidy, 43, pleaded guilty on Monday to murder in the June 2013 bludgeoning death of his mother, Gail Conway, said Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato. Appearing before Superior Court Judge Wendel E. Daniels in Toms River on Monday, Cassidy admitted he killed Conway as she was in her bed, Coronato said. During questioning by attorneys, Cassidy did not say what prompted the attack, but authorities have said the mother and son had a "rocky relationship. Conway, 61, was found dead in her bed on June 25, 2013, in the condo she shared with Cassidy after Lakewood police were asked to check on her when she did not show up for work. Cassidy's burgundy Nissan Sentra was parked in the driveway but Conway's 2013 gray Honda Civic was not there, authorities had said. Later that day, around 5:30 p. m. , Lakewood police Detective Jason Pederson spotted Conway's car on Lakewood-Allenwood Road in Howell. Pederson watched Cassidy get out of the car and walk a dog near the woods in the park, authorities said at the time. 6, when prosecutors are expected to ask that he receive a 30-year prison term and serve all of the time behind bars before becoming eligible for parole, said Al Della Fave, spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office. Source: www.nj.com
