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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Neighbor Arrested in Dover Slayings

The 27-year-old next-door neighbor of two men found slain Monday inside their Dover home has been charged with their killings, police said Tuesday.

Nothing apparently was taken from the house, they said.

Jason T. Oneil, a convicted burglar and sex offender, was arrested by Dover police shortly after detectives began the homicide investigation Monday morning -- the first double slaying in the city in 34 years, police said.


In the hours leading up to the slayings of 91-year-old Howard A. Sheppard and his 60-year-old son Howard early Sunday, Oneil engaged in a heated argument with a woman that spilled from inside his North Governors Avenue house to the rear yard, according to court papers.

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