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

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.