When officers arrived at the scene, they found Matthew, identified as the 911 caller, inside the residence along with his brother's lifeless body and a dead cat.

Matthew Hertgen, 31, faces multiple charges in connection with the death of his 26-year-old brother Joseph A former college soccer player is accused of killing his younger brother and a cat, New Jersey prosecutors announced Monday,

A New Jersey man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his brother, who was a former University of Michigan soccer player.

Joseph Hertgen, who played soccer at Michigan from 2016-19, was found dead in a Princeton, New Jersey, apartment on Saturday evening. Matthew Hertgen, Joseph's older brother, called 911 on Saturday night, and Joseph was pronounced dead at the scene by authorities.

A former college soccer star from Princeton, New Jersey, has been charged with murdering his own little brother – and a pet cat -over the weekend in an apartment near the campus of Princeton University.

A former college soccer player was found beaten and stabbed to death inside a Princeton apartment Saturday night, and his older brother has

Matthew Hertgen, who is a former Wesleyan student and soccer player, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his brother, officials said.

New Jersey authorities have arrested Princeton man Matthew Hertgen, who is accused of killing his brother, Joseph Hertgen, and a cat, allegedly with a knife and golf club.

A former college athlete has been accused of murdering his brother and a family cat. A former college soccer player was found dead in his apartment in New Jersey. His older brother has been arrested following the death and charged with murder.