Heather Barbera
MAYS LANDING- A Ventnor City woman charged with the murders of her mother and grandmother was extradited to New Jersey after she fled to New York City following the killings, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced Thursday, Aug. 2.
Through the course of an investigation it was learned that Barbera took a bus to New York City after allegedly committing the murders and she was identified by NYPD officers on Wednesday, July 11 at the Midtown Manhattan Port Authority on 42nd Street and she was taken into custody. Before her extradition to New Jersey, Barbera was in custody at the Rose M. Singer Center, a women’s facility on Rikers Island.
Barbera is now in custody at the Atlantic County Justice Facility and she will have a first appearance 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 3 before Presiding Judge Bernard DeLury.
This is a joint investigation between the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Ventnor City Police Department.
