The New Jersey man who allegedly beat and stabbed his younger brother to death in a ritzy Princeton apartment posted a creepy poem to social media that included a line about “blood oozing out of his eyes” months before the killing.
Matthew Hertgen’s mugshot, released Tuesday, shows the bearded murder suspect with a thousand-yard stare painted on his face.
The 31-year-old accused fratricidal murderer wrote strange verses on Facebook in September that could indicate a fragile state of mind.
“Someone sits alone in that room/ That room where the walls shake,” he wrote. “He still has a pulse/ Blood still flows through his veins/ But something is wrapped around him/ Squeezing him/ Choking him/ Suffocating him.”
“Tightly wound around his head/ Fastened deep in his throat/ Blood oozes out of his eyes,” he continued. “His ears are sparking/ His face vibrates/ He convulses, and he doesn’t stop/ He’s lost/ He’s asleep/ He’s dead.”
A former college soccer player, Hertgen has been accused of using a knife and a golf club to slash and beat to death his younger brother, 26-year-old Joseph Hertgen.
Matthew Hertgen has been charged with murder for the horrific slaying, and could face life in prison if convicted.
