Mount Laurel man fatally stabbed at motel, suspect in custody

MOUNT LAUREL - A Riverton man is accused of fatally stabbing a local man during a fight at a motel.

Taylor Perkins, 29, is charged with the murder of 36-year-old Michael Jefferies at the Rodeway Inn on Route 73, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.

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Police found the victim outside a second-floor room shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.

Mount Laurel murder suspect allegedly fled scene

It said Perkins ran to a nearby car dealership and drove off in a sport utility vehicle.

"He abandoned the SUV in Evesham and stole a truck belonging to an Xfinity worker who was up on a ladder," the statement said.

Perkins, a resident of the 600 block of Linden Avenue, was arrested Friday in Camden.

He is charged with murder and weapons offenses, the prosecutor's office said.

The charges are only allegations. He has not been convicted in the case.

Perkins was being held in Burlington County Jail.

Jim Walsh is a senior reporter with the Courier-Post, Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal.

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