MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) - A second brother has been convicted of aggravated manslaughter in the beating death of an acquaintance whose body was buried in the backyard of a New Jersey home.
A Superior Court jury on Tuesday convicted 29-year-old Christopher Costello in a retrial on the charge in the bludgeoning death of 23-year-old Justin Dubois. Jurors in a previous trial deadlocked on the offense but convicted him of desecrating human remains and hindering apprehension.
His brother, 26-year-old Bryan Costello, was sentenced in June to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter. He said he killed DuBois with a baseball bat and he and his brother buried the body at the family’s Lumberton home.
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Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina called Christopher Costello “as an equal participant in this brutal homicide.”
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