Wandering child call leads police to dead woman in New Jersey apartment

Authorities say a man who fatally stabbed his girlfriend inside their apartment was captured after he was found walking with the couple’s two young children in a nearby town.

Jeffrey Daniels is charged with murder, child endangerment and weapons offenses in the death of Michelle Burns.

Her body was found early Tuesday by police who had responded to reports that the oldest of her three children was wandering alone around the apartment complex in Dumont.

Daniels was soon found walking in nearby Closter with the couple’s two younger children, an infant and an 18-month-old who were unharmed.

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