Crime & Safety
Foster Son Charged in Killing
Theotis Butts was killed inside his Blackwood home by his foster son, according to authorities.
Authorities announced minutes ago that the foster son of a 69-year-old man found stabbed to death in his Blackwood home Monday night has been charged with murder in connection with the case.
The juvenile, 16, was arrested Tuesday night in Bronx, NY, by members of the U.S. Marshals Service and New York City Police, Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk and Gloucester Township Police Chief W. Harry Earle said in a joint statement.
The boy, whom police have not identified because he is a juvenile, is being held in New York, but will be extradited back to Camden County to be arraigned for murder, according to the prosecutor's office.
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Theotis Butts, 69, was found stabbed to death inside his Hemlock Drive home at around 9:40 p.m. Monday, according to police.
Police indicated several items were discovered stolen from the home after Butts' body was found by his brother-in-law.
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