A 31-year-old former college soccer player has been charged with killing his brother, ripping out his eye, and then eating it. Suspect Matthew Hertgen allegedly killed his […]

The Princeton man accused in the murder of his younger brother, as well as a family cat, made his first court appearance just days after being arrested.

A late-night 911 call reporting a fire and a body led to the arrest of a man in the killing of his brother -- a former collegiate soccer player -- and a cat inside a Princeton, New Jersey, apartment.

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.

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 Wesleyan University soccer player is accused of murdering his younger brother, himself a former soccer player at the University of Michigan, in a violent attack near Princeton University over the weekend.