A former college soccer player is accused of killing his younger brother and a cat, New Jersey prosecutors announced Monday, Feb. 24. The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said charges have been filed against Matthew Hertgen, 31, for first-degree murder and weapons offenses in connection with the death of his 26-year-old brother, Joseph Hertgen.

Matthew Hertgen, of Princeton, was charged with the first-degree murder of 26-year-old Joseph Hertgen, as well as animal cruelty and weapons offenses related to possession of a knife and a golf club, police said.

An ex-collegiate soccer player Matthew Hertgen from Princeton, New Jersey, has been accused for killing his own younger brother and a pet cat in an apartment close to Princeton University's campus over the weekend.

A Princeton man has been charged with killing his brother and a pet cat in an apartment Saturday night, authorities announced Monday. Matthew Hertgen, 31, is charged with first-degree murder and related weapon possession charges in the death of Joseph Hertgen, 26, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.

A former college soccer star in Princeton, New Jersey, has been charged with murdering his own little brother — and a pet cat — over the weekend in an

A former college athlete has been accused of murdering his brother and a family cat. A former college soccer player was found dead in his apartment in New Jersey. His older brother has been arrested following the death and charged with murder.

A New Jersey man is facing murder and other charges in the death of his younger brother and pet cat, Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey announced Monday.