{"id":2015730,"date":"2023-08-29T16:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T20:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-of-slain-nj-gop-councilwoman-arrested-at-bail-hearing-for-suspected-killer\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T16:09:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T20:09:05","slug":"mother-of-slain-nj-gop-councilwoman-arrested-at-bail-hearing-for-suspected-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-of-slain-nj-gop-councilwoman-arrested-at-bail-hearing-for-suspected-killer\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ GOP councilwoman&#8217;s mother arrested at bail hearing for suspected killer."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmother-of-slain-nj-gop-councilwoman-arrested-at-bail-hearing-for-suspected-killer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2015730&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Mother&#8217;s Arrest \u200cat Bail Hearing<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The mother of murdered\u200b Sayreville, \u2063New Jersey, councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour\u2062 was arrested at\u200c the suspected killer\u2019s \u2063bail hearing on Monday after allegedly throwing a water bottle at him. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mary Dwumfour, a native of \u2064Ghana, was\u2062 placed in handcuffs and \u200dcited for disorderly conduct during the brief altercation in the \u200dcourtroom after\u2063 29-year-old Rashid Ali Bynum was denied bail, according to\u2064 the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12453999\/eunice-dwumfour-murder-rashid-bynum.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Daily Mail<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. John Wisniewski, the Dwumfour family\u2019s attorney, called the arrest \u200b\u201cunfortunate,\u201d adding that the Middlesex County Sheriff\u2019s Office \u201cshould\u2019ve used better judgment,\u201d NBC New York <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/crime-and-courts\/slain-nj-councilwomans-mom-charged-at-murder-suspects-hearing\/4630914\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bynum, who prosecutors say knew 30-year-old Dwumfour \u200cthrough her church, is charged with \u200cher February 1 murder\u200d and was denied bail \u200dbased \u200con \u200d\u201coverwhelming evidence\u201d against him, according to the judge. Bynum pleaded not guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A not\u200b guilty plea from \u2064the man\u2064 accused of murdering Sayreville councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour,30 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wcbs880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wcbs880<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1010WINS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@1010WINS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JZOQU1O649\">pic.twitter.com\/JZOQU1O649<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marla Diamond (@MDiamond8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MDiamond8\/status\/1696179251534307368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Background \u2062of the Suspect and Victim<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prosecutors \u2062said Dwumfour invited Bynum to attend her church and a Bible study organization she started \u200bwhen they both lived in Virginia. The suspect\u2062 then moved to Sayreville, \u2063where Dwumfour\u200c frequently\u200c lived with her daughter and other church\u2064 members. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bynum\u2062 then moved back\u200d to \u200bVirginia after \u200ba\u2063 falling out with the church, according to Assistant Prosecutor Amber Gibbs. The Dwumfour family said they\u200c did\u2063 not recognize Bynum after he \u200bwas <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/arrest-made-after-months-of-silence-in-nj-gop-councilwomans-murder\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">arrested<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  for her murder\u2064 in \u2063late\u200c May. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Murder victim Eunice Dwumfour\u2019s family \u200dlooks on during 1st appearance\u2064 of defendant Rashid Ali Bynum in Middlesex Co Court. Judge Paone decided\u2062 Bynum will stay behind bars \u2014calling the state\u2019s evidence \u201cstrong and compelling.\u201d He called it\u200c a\u200b \u201cbrutal crime\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJSpotlightNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NJSpotlightNews<\/a> tonite <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oblaTJwJ3J\">pic.twitter.com\/oblaTJwJ3J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brenda \u2064Flanagan (@BFlanaganNJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BFlanaganNJ\/status\/1696194684165460175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Tragic Murder<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dwumfour was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fbi-offers-help-in-nj-investigation-as-more-details-emerge-about-murdered-gop-councilwoman\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">gunned down<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  on \u2064a\u200b Wednesday night\u200d in her white Nissan SUV as she neared\u200b her Sayreville home. After she was shot \u200caround \u206414 times, Dwumfour\u2019s \u2062vehicle reportedly traveled about\u200d 100 feet before hitting two parked cars. Police later\u2064 told The\u200b New \u200cYork Post that the New Jersey politician was seen on \u2063video talking to the \u200cshooter moments before she was murdered. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eyewitnesses said they saw the gunman run \u2063toward \u2064Garden State \u2064Parkway after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-offers-help-in-nj-investigation-as-more-details-emerge-about-murdered-gop-councilwoman\/\" title=\"FBI Offers Help In NJ Investigation As More Details Emerge About Murdered GOP Councilwoman\">firing multiple times<\/a> into Dwumfour\u2019s vehicle. Police later received a tip and searched for the murder weapon in the \u200bwoods behind the\u2063 complex where \u2062Dwumfour lived, but did not report any findings, according to ABC 7.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<h3>Investigation and Frustration<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the murder, the case went silent for four months as authorities held no press conferences, and the prosecutor\u2019s office <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/prosecutors-office-seeks-to-block-records-on-gop-councilwomans-murder-from-going-public\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">requested<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  an injunction to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-nj-gop-councilman-shot-to-death-one-week-after-eunice-dwumfour-murder\/\" title=\"Second NJ GOP Councilman Shot To Death One Week After Eunice Dwumfour Murder\">block news outlets<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nj-gop-councilman-was-murdered-over-employment-disciplinary-actions-prosecutors-office-says\/\" title=\"NJ GOP Councilman Was Murdered Over \u2018Employment Disciplinary Actions,\u2019 Prosecutor\u2019s Office Says\">obtaining important information<\/a> about the investigation. In March, the councilwoman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-of-slain-nj-gop-councilwoman-arrested-at-bail-hearing-for-suspected-killer\/\" title=\"NJ GOP councilwoman's mother arrested at bail hearing for suspected killer.\">parents \u2064expressed frustration<\/a> at the\u2062 lack of\u200b developments\u200d from the investigation into their\u2064 daughter\u2019s murder. The family\u2019s\u200d attorney also said the lack of info from \u200bauthorities on\u200b the case was \u201cmystifying \u2062and troubling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Middlesex \u200cCounty Prosecutor\u2064 Yolanda Ciccone said it \u201cwas a very complex, extensive case with painstaking police work,\u201d \u2063adding that the suspect was caught on surveillance footage fleeing \u2062the scene after the\u200d shooting. The prosecutor also said\u200b that Bynum\u2019s phone indicated that he had traveled from Virginia to New Jersey at\u200c the time of Dwumfour\u2019s\u2063 murder. Investigators said they had matched the gun used in Dwumfour\u2019s killing to a weapon found\u200d in Bynum\u2019s apartment. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>A Life Cut Short<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dwumfour, a\u2063 Republican, was elected to the Borough of Sayreville City Council in an upset victory over her Democratic opponent in 2021. She was also a\u2062 business analyst and part-time EMT and heavily involved in a Nigerian church \u200dgroup, The New York Post reported. The Republican councilwoman\u2063 was the oldest of \u2063five children born to a Ghanaian family. In\u200b December, Dwumfour celebrated getting married. She was \u200balso the mother\u2062 of a 12-year-old daughter from a previous relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mother of slain Sayreville councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, Mary Dwumfour, was arrested at the suspect&#8217;s bail hearing. She allegedly threw a water bottle at him, resulting in handcuffs and a citation for disorderly conduct. Rashid Ali Bynum, 29, is the suspected killer. Mary, originally from Ghana, caused a brief altercation in the courtroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2015731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2015730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}