đź”» NJ convicted killer gets prison đź”» Shot victim, hid body đź”» Victim was dating ex, court records show A 32-year-old Vineland man has been sentenced to three decades in prison for killing a Salem County man, then stashing the body under yard debris more than three years ago. In December, Brandon Dennis was convicted by a Cumberland County jury of eight charges, including the second-degree passion provocation manslaughter of 32-year-old Patrick Trotter, of Penns Grove. Dennis was also found guilty of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon, burglary, desecration of human remains, criminal mischief, hindering and possession of a weapon by a convicted person.
On Monday, Dennis received an aggregate sentence of 30 years — 23 of which he must serve before being eligible for parole, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae announced. Read More: NJ man, 42, gets 60 years in prison for double murder Millville Police and the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office responded on Oct. 23, 2021 to the discovery of Trotter’s body in a wooded area behind a home along E.
Main Street, where the victim had been a houseguest. A woman told investigators that Dennis, her ex, showed up outside her home , "asking who was in her bed,” The Daily Journal previously reported , citing a criminal complaint. When she said it was none of his business, Dennis broke a window and door, and then shot Trotter twice as the victim ran outside.
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