NJ Father Found Dead After Police Say He Beat Daughter to Death, Injured Wife

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>>> NBC 10 NEWS STARTS NOW. >> 20 MINUTES OF NONSTOP NEWS BEGINS WITH A FAMILY TRAGEDY, A FATHER FROM SOUTH JERSEY IS FOUND DEAD AFTER POLICE SAY HE KILLED HIS DAUGHTER IN THEIR HOME. THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON. I'M TRACY DAVIDSON. >> I'M JACQUELINE LONDON. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE FAMILY'S HOME IN VOORHEES YESTERDAY AFTER RECEIVING A CALL ABOUT AN ASSAULT. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND THE 22-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND HER MOTHER HAD BEEN BEATEN. >> AND THE DAUGHTER DIDN'T SURVIVE. BRIAN SHEEHAN IS LIVE IN VOORHEES WITH THE LATEST AND MORE DETAILS. >> Reporter: THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE CONFIRMS THE BODY OF GREGORY KALMAN WAS FOUND IN A WOODED AREA HERE AT THE ROBIN HILL APARTMENTS AROUND 11:30 MORNING. WE'RE A MILE FROM THE HOME. THOSE WHO LIVE IN BOTH NEIGHBORHOODS ARE WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED. >> THIS SAY TOWN NOT REALLY THAT BAD AND NOW YOU GOT A MURDER THAT WAS OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, AND NOW HE -- THEY SAY HE'S DEAD. >> Reporter: FOR HOURS TUESDAY AFTERNOON, CARL KURTZ WATCHED FROM BEHIND YELLOW POLICE TAPE JUST FEET FROM HIS HOME AS THE CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTORS OFFICE REMOVED THE BODY OF A MAN WANTED FOR KILLING HIS 22-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER JUST A MILE WAY. >> IT IS JUST -- IT IS JUST MIND BOGGLING, YOU KNOW? WHY WOULD YOU -- WHY WOULD YOU KILL YOUR DAUGHTER, YOU KNOW, IN THE FIRST PLACE. >> Reporter: THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE SAYS THE BODY OF GREGORY KELLMAN WAS FOUND IN A WOODED AREA NEAR THE ROBIN HILL APARTMENTS AROUND 11:30 THIS MORNING. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE LONG TIME COOPER UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEE SHOT HIMSELF AFTER BEING ON THE RUN SINCE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. IT WAS JUST BEFORE 7:00 WHEN HIS WIFE SHERRY MADE A FRANTIC CALL TO 911 SAID HER HUSBAND WOKE HER UP AND STARTED BEATING HER WITH A BASEBALL BAT AND YELLING I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. SHE CRAWLED INTO HER DAUGHTER CATHERINE'S BEDROOM, AND FOUND HER UNRESPONSIVE AND COVERED IN BLOOD. NEWS OF WHAT HAPPENED LEFT NEWS OF KATIE STUNNED AND SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. >> WE LOST A GREAT NEIGHBOR. A VERY CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE. AND SOMEONE I'LL REMEMBER FOREVER. >> SUCH A NICE, NICE FAMILY. ALWAYS SAID HI, ALWAYS WENT ON WALKS TOGETHER, JUST TO THINK THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN IS JUST MIND BLOWING AND IT IS SICKENING. >> Reporter: YEAH, PROSECUTORS AND NEIGHBORS, THEY NEVER KNOW THE MOTIVE BEHIND WHAT HAPPENED. SHERRY IS THE ONLY ONE WHO MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY INSIGHT. WE'RE TOLD NOW SHE'S AT THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION. AND TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SPOKESPERSON TELLS US THAT KATIE WAS A STUDENT THERE, THEY CALL
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Length: 2min 43sec (163 seconds)
Published: Tue Nov 23 2021
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