A man previously convicted in connection with his wife's disappearance in South Carolina has been arrested for the 1990 murder of a woman in New Jersey. Robert 'Bob' McCaffrey Jr, 54, was taken into custody in North Carolina on suspicion of killing Lisa Marie McBride, 27, authorities announced.
DNA evidence collected from the 1990 crime scene matched McCaffrey's genetic profile, which was entered into a federal database after his 2019 conviction for obstructing justice in the case of his wife Gayle's disappearance. Gayle McCaffrey vanished in 2012 and was declared presumed dead in 2018.
McBride's remains were discovered by a hunter in the Delaware Water Gap national recreation area in October 1990, four months after she disappeared from her home in Vernon Township, New Jersey. She was identified through dental records, and her death was ruled a homicide.
McCaffrey was arrested on 10 April following a traffic stop in Manteo, North Carolina. He faces charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping and burglary in Sussex County, New Jersey. Authorities believe McCaffrey may have kept items belonging to McBride, including a purse and keys, as trophies.
Gayle McCaffrey's sister, Helen Banach, expressed shock at the new charges, stating, 'We are glad that her family will get some justice.' A grand jury previously declined to charge McCaffrey with his wife's murder.
