Savage Time Libra in Princeton Preppy Murder could strengthen the defense of madness: an expert

Princeton, New Jersey, a man known as a Star Student in High School now accused Killing brother and family cat He probably had a breakdown of mental health that eventually destroyed his family, according to a legal expert.

Matthew Hertgen (31) is Accused of murder His 26-year-old brother Joseph Hertgen in the family apartment Princeton, allegedly, with a knife and a golf club. He is also charged with cruelty to animals associated with the death of a cat.

One of the friends of Matthew Hertgen from Toms River High School told Fox News Digital that “there is nothing wrong to say” about the former football player, who studied at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Joseph Hertgen also played football in Toms River before recruiting at the University of Michigan.

“He was just a cool child who played football, got good grades, funny,” said a friend, adding that “Matt was a cool guy” and recent news “it just doesn’t sound like him”.

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But that was about 14 years ago, when both Matthew and Joseph have been in front of them all their lives. One page of high school year -olds shows that Matthew Hertgen, along with the second women’s class, was named the “best around”.

More recently, Joseph worked as an analyst at Locust Point Capital at the time of his death. Matthew’s professional career remains unclear.

In May and September last year, Matthew shared on his Facebook profile a disturbing graphic poetry as well as a strange abstract artwork.

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“These are great individuals. The intellectual ability is here,” lawyer Daniel Gotlin of Gotlin & Jaffe in New York told Fox News Digital of the Hertgen Brothers, but added that Matthew “obviously” had some “mental health problems.”

Gotlin, who was not involved in the Hertgen case, successfully tried to defense for mental health in 2014, while representing a man accused of Fatally stinging mother. He believes that Matthew’s public veterans will consider acknowledgment for the madness for a 31-year-old suspect, which would ensure that he is held in custody for a mental health institution, not a prison, and if he is not determined not to be a threat to society.

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“There is absolutely no doubt that he has a phihiutic disorder,” he said. “I don’t know what kind of physical evidence they have about it but if [prosecutors] You are a good case, you have to look at psychiatric defense. “

Gotlin believes that “it is very little probably that this guy will see the light of day” if she should commit to the mental health institution.

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The defender noticed the possibility of schizophrenia, which usually occurs in men when in late teenagers and early 20s during the late 20ths.

Herten appeared almost on a remote hearing in detention in Mercer County on Thursday morning. His family was not present.

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Assistant Deputy Public Veterans Jason Matey, Prosecutor Assistant Tim McCann and Judge Amber Gibbs eventually decided to postpone March 6th to allow both prosecutors and defense more time to collect discoveries or information on the Hertgen case.

Princeton police initially responded to call 911 22. fire and dead body in the Michelle Mews apartment complex.

Upon arrival, the police revealed that Matthew Hertgen, who was determined to be a 911 caller, was in a residence, along with his brother’s body, “showed signs of blunt force trauma and distribution,” Mercer said in a statement to the public.

Police believe that Matthew may have run out of his brother’s eyes and tried to eat it, a source told the law enforcement New York Post.

Authorities have yet to describe any motive relating to Hertgen’s accusation of murder.

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Gotlin said that although it is uncommon for people from wealthy families to descend into the crisis of mental health that ends in death, it is not unheard of. He mentioned the case of Luigi Mangione, a suspected accused of murder of executive director Unitedhealthcare Brian Thompson in December at the Manhattan sidewalk.

Mangione graduated in Vaidictorian at Gilman School, a private All-Boys High School in Baltimore, 2016. He continued to acquire a diploma and a master’s degree in computer science at the University of Pennsylvania in 2020.

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“It’s not usual, but the best example is Luigi Mangione. He grew up, went to the best schools, private schools … And he is obviously mentally ill,” Gotlin said. “No doubt about it. People get sick. Mental illness is, unfortunately, the medical industry has not really won.”

Joseph Hertgen was proclaimed dead at the scene, and his results are in progress. Local and state officials explore the death of a 26-year-old as murder.

An investigation into Joseph’s death is ongoing.