Cristian Custodio-Aquino (right) is with his attorney, Durann Neil, Jr. in court in Camden during his detention hearing Tuesday. Custodio-Aquino is charged with killing veterinarian Michael Anthony by stabbing him on the front lawn of his Cherry Hill home in December 2024. Read more Tom Gralish / Staff Photographer

by Rodrigo Torrejón Updated June 3, 2025, 4:23 p.m. ET | Published June 3, 2025, 3:21 p.m. ET

In a fit of long-simmering, jealous rage, prosecutors say, Cristian Custodio-Aquino drove across the country from Oregon to New Jersey and lay in wait to kill Michael Anthony, his ex-boyfriend’s new partner.

Anthony, 45, a well-liked South Jersey veterinarian , was found with stab wounds to his body, neck, and head on the front lawn of his Cherry Hill home on D

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