A 5-year-old New Jersey girl told authorities that she witnessed her mother being beaten to death by her boyfriend. Last week, police found 41-year-old Jennifer Bongco‘s lifeless body on the side of a road near her Winslow Township home. Bongco was covered in blood after enduring multiple stab wounds. She was taken to a local hospital, where she later died.
Hours earlier, video from a local Wawa gas station showed Bongco and her daughter together at 12:20 a.m. before returning home. They were picking up Bongco’s boyfriend Kevin Ambrose, 52. Just nine minutes later, someone from inside the home requested police assistance from a 911 operator. When authorities arrived, Bongco’s daughter, identified by only her J.F. initials, was alone with blood on her clothes.
Upon questioning, J.F. told police that “Kevin hurt mommy,” during an early morning altercation. She reported that her mother and Ambrose had been arguing inside the car, and he started hitting Bongco when they exited the car.
Police were dispatched to Erial Road, near Wiltons Landing Road, were a passing pizza delivery driver spotted a body. Police identified the body as Jennifer Bongco.
Ambrose was arrested in Atlantic City on July 25. He is jailed on $2 million bail, while he awaits arraignment.
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