Jersey City Man Pleads Guilty To Deadly Stabbing Of Girlfriend

JERSEY CITY, NJ — A Jersey City man pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter for the death of his girlfriend in November 2020.

Rand March, 66, of Jersey City, admitted in court to using a knife to kill his girlfriend, Kimberley Hatson, 67, according to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez.

Jersey City police were called to an apartment on Court House Place in November for a welfare check when they found Haston "lifeless" with a knife wound to her neck, according to the prosecutor's office. The complaint says a neighbor in the building told officers they hadn't seen the couple in a few days and noticed a strange smell coming from the apartment.

Police had to bust into the apartment and first found Hatson laying on the floor with her throat slit, according to the complaint. March was in the kitchen with a knife.

Haston was taken to Jersey City Medical Center where she was pronounced dead at 3:52 p.m. March was in the apartment at the time and arrested by police.

The state is recommending a 25-year sentence in New Jersey state prison subject to the No Early Release Act. Sentencing is scheduled for June 16.