A man suspected of the death of his ex-wife and four other people – including a South Jersey resident – shocked authorities by confessing that he killed 16 people in all.
Sean Michael Lannon, 47, who was arrested by the US Marshals earlier this month after a multi-state hunt, admitted to New Jersey investigators that his alleged killing included “11 drug dealers,” NJ.com reported.
Gloucester County’s assistant district attorney, Alec Gutierrez, said in court on Friday that Lannon “admitted to killing a total of 16 people”.
Lannon was arrested in St. Louis, Missouri, on Wednesday morning, in connection with the deaths of five people in two states.
(Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office)
“Fifteen being in New Mexico and one in the state of New Jersey,” said Gutierrez, according to the news site. “As far as I know, the FBI is assisting New Mexico in its investigation.”
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Lannon, from Grants, New Mexico, is accused in New Jersey of the death of his former youth mentor Michael Dabkowski, who was found beaten to death at his home in East Greenwich Township on March 8.
Lannon reportedly told police that Dabkowski sexually abused him as a child and that he went to the house to obtain sexually explicit photos of the couple.
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Although he was only charged with this murder, authorities said he is suspected of at least four others, including the death of his ex-wife, Jennifer Lannon, 39.
According to investigators, Lannon admitted to a witness that “he murdered his wife and her boyfriends in New Mexico,” NJ.com reported.
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The couple, who had three children, moved from New Jersey to New Mexico before they divorced in 2019.
Authorities have not released details of Lannon’s other alleged victims.