TOMS RIVER — A medical emergency in the family of the lawyer representing Jack Fuller, the man accused of killing 16-year-old Brittney Gregory last year, caused the judge to postpone Fuller's court appearance Monday.
Executive Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor Robert A. Gasser said Fuller's attorney, John O. Goins, had an emergency in his family and could therefore not appear before Superior Court Judge Vincent J. Grasso on Monday morning. As of Monday afternoon, Gasser said the appearance had not been rescheduled.
Executive Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor Ronald F. DeLigny said last week that he expected scheduling issues to be discussed.
One thing that must be scheduled before the case goes to trial is a hearing at which Dr. Hydow Park, the Atlantic County medical examiner who performed the autopsy on the Brick teenager, will be asked to discuss his findings. Goins has filed a motion asking Grasso to bar the prosecution from presenting any argument that Gregory may have been strangled or suffocated.
Gregory was reported missing by her family on July 11, 2004. Fuller was arrested seven days later. The victim's body was found 16 days later in a shallow grave under a power line off Ridge Avenue in Lakewood, about 1 1/2 miles from Fuller's home and not far from where Gregory lived with her father.
This story contains information from previous Asbury Park Press stories.
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