NJ Man Accused Of Killing Mentor Says He Murdered 16: Report

GLOUCESTER COUNTY, NJ — The New Jersey man accused of killing his ex-wife and four others in two states is reportedly claiming to have killed 16 people, including 11 drug dealers.

Sean Lannon, 47 of East Greenwich, claims that 11 of the 16 people he killed were drug dealers, nj.com reports. He also claimed that the East Greenwich man he killed sexually abused him.

Lannon is accused of breaking into 66-year-old Michael Dabkowski's East Greenwich home and repeatedly striking him in the head with a blunt object on March 8.

Authorities allege Lannon then stole Dabkowski’s car, drove to New Mexico, and killed his ex-wife and four other people. Their bodies were found in a parked car outside an airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Read more here: $5K Offered As Man Sought In NJ Murder, 4 New Mexico Deaths: Cops

Lannon is charged with murder, burglary, murder during the commission of a robbery, murder during the commission of a burglary, robbery, possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, possession of a blunt object for an unlawful purpose, and theft of a motor vehicle in Dabkowski’s death.

Dabkowski was Sean Lannon’s former Big Brother mentor, and knew him from the time he was about 12 years old, according to The Mercury News.

He has not been charged in any of the New Mexico deaths, according to the report. He was ordered held pending trial during a detention hearing on Friday.

His ex-wife, Jennifer, leaves behind five children, who are currently staying with family members. As of Friday, an online fundraiser had raised more than $14,000 for the children.

"This is an extremely emotional time for our family," the organizers say in the fundraiser's post. "Due to relocating across the country unexpectedly, the kids were not able to bring their own personal belongings, so they are in need of basic necessities." Read more here: Family Helping Children Of Former NJ Woman Killed In New Mexico

Sean Lannon and Jennifer Lannon had three children together, according to nj.com. They moved from New Jersey to New Mexico before getting divorced in 2019, and Jennifer Lannon had been planning to bring her family home, family members told nj.com.

Lannon was arrested in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 10, and has been in the Salem County Correctional Facility since he was extradited to New Jersey two days later.

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