Last week, cops nabbed Robert McCaffrey, 54, in South Carolina, and fresh DNA evidence ties him straight to the 1990 killing of Lisa Marie McBride. He’s waived extradition and is chilling in custody, waiting for his trip back to Jersey to face the music.
Crime Scene Secrets Spill Out
Court docs just unsealed—a whopping 40-page search warrant packed with never-seen-before pics from McBride’s Highland Lakes home. Grainy black-and-white shots show her bed stripped bare the day she vanished in June 1990, and her living room sofa yanked away from the wall like someone was hiding something shady.
Documents filed in a North Carolina court Tuesday have shed new light on the investigation into the accused killer of Lisa Marie McBride, Robert "Bob" McCaffrey, including details about an alleged confession he made in 1995. Read more here: https://t.co/cMGXXmlSKV pic.twitter.com/SlaQlqQy1A
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Outside? Straight-up creepy: A backyard window screen slashed with slits, a log propping it open, and phone wires snipped clean off the house.
Shocking Confession Unearthed
Here’s the gut-punch—files from 2019 reveal McCaffrey confessed back in 1995! He admitted offing the 27-year-old bank teller because she turned down his date invite. Docs say he even tried sneaking back to her place days later to grab “something” that could link him to the crime. Cops think he knew her from her bank job.
Suspect’s Dark Backstory
This guy’s rap sheet screams trouble. Just a year before the murder, the Navy booted him with a dishonorable discharge on September 28, 1989, citing impulse control problems and a borderline personality disorder diagnosis.
Fast-forward to 1996: He relocates to South Carolina, marries Marjorie McCaffrey—who vanishes in 2012 (body never found). He got convicted of obstruction there, forcing a DNA swab into the FBI database. Boom—late February hit, and Sussex County detectives score a match on McBride’s case.
Weird Finds in the Latest Raid
After his arrest last week, a deep dive into his North Carolina pad turned up oddball stuff: a laptop stashed in the crawl space, two black hatchets in his ride, and three guns. But the real hunt? McBride’s missing wallet, purse, “WEEZA” keychain, NJ driver’s license, and credit cards—trophies cops believe this creep kept to flex his “skill and power.”
Wild how DNA and old files finally caught up. Justice for Lisa after all these years?
Source: abc7ny.com
