Kevin C. Shelly

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This is the news blog for the true crime story I am working on about the murder of April Kauffman.

High-profile case shows flawed NJ medical examiner system

Was it murder/suicide? Or two murders?

NJ medical examiner system failed accreditation

New Jersey medical examiner's office failed to meet national standards.

Invisible man

Juan Rivera Montes, a squatter in Camden, exists only in the cracks. Montes gets no mail. He pays no taxes. He doesn't vote and isn't registered. He has no footprint on the Internet.

Camden's flawed demolition program

Pocked by thousands of empty buildings, Camden tried tearing down the vacant buildings, but stumbled. In the end, the county took over the project.

Imperfect justice

Three autopsy examinations and no exact cause of death in the murder of the three-year-old.

Talese leaves his hometown

Gay Talese closes a chapter on Ocean City City, New Jersey

Yearning for a chance at being a part of community

Erica Barker was disabled, but fiercely independent.

Selected Works

Biography and art

Lynn Bogue Hunt: A Sporting Life

"Clearly written and nicely organized, it is richly spiced with Hunt's memorable work." Upland Almanac