Rabbi Serving 30 Years to Life in His Wife’s Contract Killing Has Died, Prison Officials Say

Rabbi Serving 30 Years to Life in His Wife’s Contract Killing Has Died, Prison Officials Say
Inmate Fred Neulander, a New Jersey rabbi serving a decadeslong sentence in a 1994 murder-for-hire plot targeting his wife. New Jersey Department of Corrections via AP
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TRENTON, N.J.—The New Jersey rabbi serving a decadeslong sentence in a 1994 murder-for-hire plot targeting his wife has died.

Fred Neulander, 82, was pronounced dead shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday at a hospital in Trenton after he was found unresponsive in his cell in the New Jersey State Prison infirmary, news outlets reported, citing the state department of corrections.