⚖️ Essex County man found guilty in 2018 Montclair murder
🎓 Victim was a Kean University honors student with teaching dreams
⏳ Family waited nearly 8 years for justice; sentencing set for June
A 29-year-old Essex County man has been found guilty in the Montclair murder of his ex-girlfriend nearly eight years ago.
Ahigjah Broomes, of Orange, was convicted of first-degree murder, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, in the violent stabbing death of Akirah Townes.
Victim was Kean University honors student with bright future
The 20-year-old victim was an honors student at Kean University, who had ended the relationship four months earlier.
Townes, also of Orange, would have received her undergraduate degree that summer and was planning to become a special education teacher, her family told Montclair Local…