Thursday, October 2, 2025 - A man convicted of strangling his wife to death died by suicide inside his New Jersey jail cell just one day after a jury delivered the murder verdict, prosecutors announced.
Shawn Lichtfuss, 53, was found unresponsive by guards making
rounds at the Camden County Correctional Facility at 11:18 p.m. on September
19, the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed Wednesday, September 1 Despite
medical staff administering emergency aid, the inmate was pronounced dead at
11:39 p.m.
An autopsy conducted by the Gloucester-Camden-Salem County
Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the Voorhees Township man died of asphyxia,
and his death was officially ruled a suicide. Lichtfuss’s death is now under
review by the Attorney General’s Office.
The suicide came immediately after a six-day trial concluded
with Lichtfuss being found guilty of first-degree murder for the death of his
38-year-old wife, Stefanie Caraway, on August 3, 2021. The jury reportedly
reached the guilty verdict in just 45 minutes.
Caraway was discovered dead in the couple’s bedroom during a
welfare check. Her husband was arrested hours later, found sitting in his car
near police headquarters, NJ.com reported.
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