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James Hofstetter

Case from Kinnelon, NJ dated Feb 15, 2015

Victim Details

James Ernest Hofstetter

Male

Kinnelon

NJ

2015-02-15

57

James

Hofstetter

06/22/2026

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In the quiet borough of Kinnelon, New Jersey, a call to police regarding an unknown medical emergency on February 15, 2015, led to a grim discovery at a home on Wedgewood Drive. Inside, authorities found 57-year-old James E. Hofstetter, a local construction business owner, deceased from multiple gunshot wounds. The male victim had lived in Kinnelon since 1988 and was a father of two sons.

The investigation quickly turned from a medical emergency to a homicide, and suspicion fell upon a fa ...
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  • Daily Record: Teen admits murdering father in Kinnelon
  • Obituary of James Ernest Hofstetter | Keri Memorial Funeral Home
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