2004 Media Releases:

CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
VINCENT P. SARUBBI, CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR
MEDIA   INFORMATION

May 26, 2004

Camden County Prosecutor Vincent P. Sarubbi and Acting Camden Police Chief Edwin Figueroa reported today that a 35-year-old man was charged with Murder on Tuesday, May 25, 2004, accused of fatally stabbing and beating Diane Jackson, F/39, during the early morning hours of Jan. 9, 2004, in Camden, N.J.

Ronelle Bush, a homeless man whose last known address was in the 2800 block of Howell Street in Camden, was arrested Tuesday on outstanding municipal warrants. Investigators acting on a tip were performing surveillance on Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia when they spotted Bush and arrested him. He was later charged with Murder. He is being held in Philadelphia pending extradition to Camden County.

On Jan. 9, Camden Police were called to the Tamarack Apartments on Ferry Avenue at approximately 10:16 a.m. after maintenance workers at the apartment complex discovered the victim's body in a closet in a vacated unit. Jackson had just finished moving out of the unit, where she had lived. Jackson had suffered multiple stab wounds and blunt trauma to the head.

Investigation indicates that Bush and the victim were acquaintances and got into an argument during the early morning hours that day.

Sarubbi and Figueroa credited Prosecutor's Office Senior Investigator Jeffrey Long and Camden Police Detective Wayne Matthews, the lead investigators on the case, for their determination and perseverance in pursuing leads in the case.

All persons charged with criminal offenses are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.