NJ Teen Charged With Double Murder Of 2 High School Girls To Be Tried As Adult

Vincent Battiloro, now 18, has been waived to adult court and will face two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Cranford High School students Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas, who were struck and killed while riding e-bikes on Burnside Avenue on September 29, 2025. The case has drawn intense scrutiny after reports that Battiloro’s parents called police four times before the crash to report their son’s escalating behavior, and that Battiloro had been stalking at least one of the victims in the months leading up to the incident.