According to police, Demond Gray, 43, of New Brunswick, was charged with
one count of first-degree murder.
Police responded Saturday around
12 p.m. to the Farrington
Inn following an emergency call for an unresponsive male.
Authorities located Abdul Conteh, 60, of Somerset, who showed signs of
physical injury. Conteh was later pronounced dead at the scene.
An investigation revealed
Gray assaulted and killed Conteh inside the hotel room. The cause of death
remains undetermined pending the completion of an autopsy.
Gray is presently lodged at
the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center, where he is being held pending a
pre-trial detention hearing in Superior Court.