N.J. man kills self after girlfriend vanishes

Authorities say a married New Jersey man hanged himself days after his girlfriend disappeared.

Fifty-year-old Kevin Shelton was found dead inside the Runnemede apartment he shares with his wife and children on Saturday.

The Press of Atlantic City reports his girlfriend, 23-year-old Sapphire Wiggins, disappeared on Oct. 15. Her car was parked outside her Atlantic City home and police tell the newspaper nothing inside was missing.

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