Christopher R. Blevins, 46, pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter in the death of Laura Hughes, 50, whose body was found in a refrigerator in Belleplain State Forest in Cape May County. Read more Cornel Alston

by Robert Moran Published Oct. 28, 2025, 7:38 p.m. ET

A 46-year-old Camden County man on Monday pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter in the death of a mother of two whose body was found in an abandoned refrigerator at a New Jersey state forest in Cape May County.

Christopher R. Blevins, faces 17 years in state prison under a plea agreement with the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office and is scheduled to be formally sentenced on Dec. 5, a spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office said in an email Tuesday.

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