Two men have been arrested and charged with beating a man to death last year in Union City, N.J., authorities announced Monday.
Gerson Vasquez, 26, and Antonio Santiago-Jiminez, 34, were charged with murder in the death of 56-year-old Reynaldo Gonzalez, NJ.com reported.
Gonzalez was found dead on Nov. 14 behind a building on 23rd St. in Union City, just across the Lincoln Tunnel from Manhattan, authorities said. His body was bruised, his eyes were swollen and there was blood near his mouth, according to investigators.
Gonzalez was not publicly identified as the victim until two weeks after his body was found. An autopsy confirmed he died from blunt-force injuries, and his death was ruled a homicide.
Cops said Vasquez and Santiago-Jiminez were spotted on surveillance video hanging out with Gonzalez on the night of Nov. 13, according to NJ.com. Any further relationship between the three men was not clear.
Vasquez was detained Thursday in Perth-Amboy, and Santiago-Jiminez was captured Saturday in Union City, NJ.com reported. Both men, along with Gonzalez, were Union City residents.
Police did not publicly speculate on a motive for the murder. Vasquez and Santiago-Jiminez are being held in Hudson County jail and are scheduled for a detention hearing on Wednesday.
They two men are also charged with injuring another person, according to Patch. That person has not been publicly identified.
