Police in New York arrested Nestor Canela Friday for the killing of a 64-year-old Newark man. Watch video
NEWARK -- A suspect wanted in connection with the killing of a 64-year-old city man was captured Friday in New York, according to an announcement by acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Newark Police Director Eugene Venable.
Nestor Francisco Canela, 37, was arrested in the Bronx on Friday by New York City Police Department and Essex County Homicide Task Force investigators, said Anthony Ambrose, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office's chief of detectives.
Canela is currently being detained in New York on $1 million bail pending extradition to New Jersey, Ambrose said. Canela is accused of killing Charles Jeffery, who was found dead inside an Elm Street residence on Thursday.
Canela was also charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, Ambrose said.
Police discovered Jeffrey's body Thursday evening after investigators were called to a residence on the 300 block of Elm Street in the city's Ironbound section, officials said.
The exact circumstances of the killing are unclear. Authorities have determined that Jeffrey was killed after he was struck by an object, Ambrose said. He declined to identify the object used in the killing.
Investigators at the scene reported that Jeffrey appeared to have suffered significant body trauma, officials said.
Likewise, the reasons for Jeffrey's killing also remain unclear. Canela and Jeffrey did know each other, Ambrose said. But a motive for the killing has not been determined, he added.
An investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force is ongoing.
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