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Trenton Man Charged in Girlfriend’s Killing After Body Found in Bucks County

Prosecutors seek pretrial detention following Lamont Truitt’s surrender.

Overview

  • Officials charged Lamont Truitt, 36, with first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, first-degree carjacking and related firearm offenses in the death of Alyssia Murphy, 32.
  • Trenton’s gunfire-detection system alerted officers at 5:51 a.m. to shots on Coolidge Avenue, where a 25-year-old companion was wounded in the leg.
  • Investigators say Truitt fled in a silver Toyota Camry, which was found about two hours later near the Delaware Canal in Lower Makefield with Murphy deceased inside.
  • The wounded woman was treated at Capital Health Regional Medical Center and provided a witness account to police.
  • Truitt turned himself in on Sunday and now awaits a detention hearing after prosecutors filed a motion to keep him jailed.