Savage timeline in Princeton preppy murder could bolster insanity defense for suspect brother: expert
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Matthew Hertgen, the Princeton, New Jersey, man known as a star student in high school who is now accused of killing his brother likely had a mental breakdown, an expert said.
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One of Matthew Hertgen's friends from Toms River High School told Fox News Digital that he has "nothing bad to say" about the former soccer player, who went on to study at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Joseph Hertgen also played soccer at Toms River before he was recruited to the University of Michigan.
"He was just a cool kid who played soccer, got good grades, funny," the friend said, adding that "Matt was a cool guy" and the recent news "just doesn’t sound like him."
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