Three teenagers have been arrested and charged with the execution style murders of Nia Haqq and her fiancé Michael Muchioki. The couple was robbed and killed after returning from their engagement party in Jersey City.
Darmelia Lawrence, Latonia Bellamy and Shiquan Bellamy, all 19 years-old, are being held in a Jersey City jail. The suspects allegedly took the couple’s engagement gifts, money, cell phones and Haqq’s engagement ring after the murder. Muchioki was shot in the back of the head with a shotgun.
Reportedly, one of the female suspects told investigators that she participated in the murder because she wanted to feel what it was like to shoot someone.
Haqq’s memorial service took place at Newark Symphony Hall on Thursday and Muchioki’s memorial service occurred on Friday at Monumental Baptist Church in Jersey City. The couple was to be married in Aruba next April. –amir shaw
