Westville Man Pleads Guilty To Murder
A Westville man pleaded guilty October 24 to killing a 33-year-old man two years ago inside the victims home, according to the Camden county Prosecutors Office.
Edward L. Wilson 44, of Florence Avenue, faces 19 years in state prison under a plea agreement negotiated by Assistant Prosecutor Timothy Chatten.
Wilson pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, admitting that he beat the victim Hopeton Hudson, over the head at Hudson’s home on Alabama Road in the Fairview section of Camden during the early morning of August 1, 2004.
Hudson family had been away that weekend and discovered the body when they returned later that day. Hudson suffered multiple blows to the face, head and body as well as stab wounds to the chest.
Wilson had been staying at a friend’s home in the neighborhood and was acquainted with the victim officials said. Household electronic equipment was missing from the victims’ home and was found later at the home where Wilson had been staying.
Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 15
