The preppy Princeton, New Jersey man who allegedly murdered his younger brother and butchered the family feline inside their luxury apartment posed with an $8 cat toy the day before the gruesome killings.
In the creepy pic, Matthew Hertgen, 31, displayed the same thousand-yard stare he had in his mugshot the following day — after cops arrested him for beating and slashing his brother, Joseph Hertgen, to death Saturday night.
Matthew Hertgen is seen posing with an $8 cat toy the day before the gruesome killings. Facebook/Matthew Hertgen
Matthew wrote about “knives sharpening” and “blood oozing out of his eyes” months before allegedly killing Joseph Hertgen (pictured). Locust-point-capitalHertgen also posted eerie poems to Facebook during the months before the killing — one of which included verses about “knives sharpening” and “blood oozing out of his eyes.”
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Police say Hertgen used a knife and a golf club to kill both his brother and the cat at about 11:15 p.m. Saturday night in Princeton.
Hertgen faces life in prison if convicted of his brother’s murder. facebook/hertgenAuthorities have charged him with murder, and he faces life in prison if convicted.
