Arrest made in murder of missing NJ mother.

The ex-boyfriend of a New Jersey woman and father of her two children, who had previously served 10 years in prison for aggravated manslaughter, has been charged with her murder. Gregory Mallard, 35, was charged with murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, failing to dispose of human remains in a manner prescribed by law, desecration of human remains, hindering and tampering with physical evidence. The victim, Norelis Mendoza, was found dead off Route 440 in Bayonne near the Jersey City border. The investigation is ongoing and being treated as an act of domestic violence.