Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office
MAYS LANDING- A Ventnor City woman charged with the murders of her mother and grandmother will be extradited to New Jersey on Aug. 2, after she fled to New York City following the killings, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced today.
Heather Barbera, 41, is charged with two counts of first degree murder, third degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose (nightstick) and first degree robbery.
Elaine Rosen, 87, and her daughter Michelle Gordon, 67, were found dead at approximately 10:25 a.m., Sunday, July 8, inside a residence at 4800 Boardwalk, Ventnor City.
The cause of death for Rosen and Gordon, is multiple blunt impact injuries and the manner of death is homicide.
Through the course of an investigation it was learned that Barbera took a bus to New York City after committing the murders and she was identified Wednesday afternoon at the Midtown Manhattan Port Authority located at 42nd Street and 9th Avenue by NYPD officers and taken into custody. Barbera remains in custody at the Rose M. Singer Center, a women’s facility on Rikers Island, pending extradition to New Jersey.
This is a joint investigation between the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Ventnor City Police Department.
