The cancer-stricken mother of a beloved New Jersey woman who was stabbed over a year ago, fears that her daughter's murderer will succumb to illness and die before she sees justice.
“That's not to say I'm getting the answer. Janet Pizzelli, whose 27-year-old daughter, Marorrowse Feely, was murdered on January 30, 2024, said:
“My daughter has been sentenced to death. I now have to live the rest of my life without seeing my daughter,” she told the Post.
Pizzelli, 60, had recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. Fairy is a Rutgers business school alumni who has left his well-paid federal job to work for addiction charities and is bloodied and dead outside his Summerville apartment after being stabbed 37 times.
A few days later, 28-year-old David Schreutmann – attended Somerville High School and college with Feely, a complete stranger to her, but was arrested after being found in a manifesto, which allegedly described a plot of murder.
He is also allegedly cleaned the car with bleach when police caught up with him, resembling someone's security cameras filmed near the scene on the night of the murder.
However, 14 months after the murder, Schreutmann has yet to go to trial, as he claims his defense is not psychologically competent, Feely's family explained.
“His side interviewed him with experts, and they said he wasn't competent. Then it came back to the prosecutor's side. They hired someone who said he was competent,” said Meghan Kelly, a friend of Pizzelli who had known Feely since she was born.
The issue was scheduled to be resolved during the January hearing, but it was pushed back and is currently scheduled for April. After that hearing occurs, if it happens, the family may need to wait longer for the actual trial date.
During that time, Pizzelli's health continued to deteriorate.
Since Fealy's murder, Pizzelli has undergone a double mastectomy and has spent an unconscious month following an allergic reaction to chemotherapy.
“What happened last year isn't the worst, but anything,” Pizzelli said of cancer.
She fears that if she dies, her daughter's murderer might leave with mild writing.
“We are trying to avoid further delays and definitely want to avoid lighter sentences that could be given for the time that has passed,” she said.
Pizzelli and Feely's friends recently started an organization “100 Voices for Mary Loose” to keep her case alive in the hearts of the community, hoping to bring her to trial by the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office.
“She has given us a lot of light into the world,” said Mary Kelly, Meghan Kelly's daughter and lifelong friend of Feely, who leads the organization. “It feels like people are always saying in these cases and they're always saying, 'Oh, they were great people.' But Mary was actually making great strides to really change people's lives. ”
Pizzelli has listed many cases of her daughter's selflessness. He handed out cars to women who once escaped abusive relationships, and left his career to personally help his brother's fight addiction.
And she says that one of the most difficult parts about fighting cancer is that you have to do it without Feely's help.
“The last thing she told me was, 'Mom, tomorrow will be the most painful day of your life, and it will improve,” Pizzelli said. I remember how the murder stopped by hours before my daughter stopped to relieve her worries about the planned chemotherapy treatment the next day.
“She came and sat on my lap. She kissed me and said, “I love you. I'll see you later.”
