NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A man has pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of a New Jersey City University student whose body was found at the Eagle Rock Reservation.
Twenty-year-old Khalil Wheeler-Weaver of Orange on Tuesday also pleaded not guilty to disturbing human remains.
Prosecutors say Wheeler-Weaver strangled 20-year-old Sarah Butler and dumped her body at the 400-acre park in West Orange.
Authorities say Wheeler-Weaver was acquainted with Butler before her death.
Butler was last seen on Nov. 22 and her body was found on Dec. 1 buried under leaves and debris at the reservation.
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