Three Charged After Death of 22-Year-Old in Rio Grande Motel

RIO GRANDE — Three persons were arrested Jan. 27 after police found a 22-year-old woman dead in a Route 47 motel.
According to a joint press release issued by Cape May County Prosecutor Robert Taylor and Middle Township Police Chief Joseph Evangelista, Brittany Dewysockie of the 1400 block, Route 47 South here, was found unresponsive after a 9:10 p.m. report from the Shelton Motel, 1410 Route 47 South.
Patrol officers responded, as did the Middle Township Rescue Squad and Medic 9 paramedics. Attempts to revive Dewysockie were unsuccessful, and she was pronounced dead at 9:31 p.m.
As a result of her death, the County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime and Crime Scene Units were summoned, as were members of the Middle Township Police Department’s Major Crime Unit and Southern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death.
As a result of that investigation, Thomas Liston, 28, Pamela Kemper, 31, and James Doonan, 48, all of the 1400 block Route 47 South were charged with endangering an injured victim, a crime of the third degree’ hindering apprehension, a crime of the third degree, conspiracy, a crime of the third degree, and obstructing the administration of law, a fourth degree crime.
Investigators found that the defendants, all of who were acquaintances of Dewysockie had failed to render aid to her after she allegedly ingested illicit narcotics and then became unresponsive.
Further investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death continues with the possibility of additional criminal charges.
An autopsy and associated toxicological examination will be performed Jan. 29 by the Southern Regional Medical Examiner’s Officer to determine the cause and manner of Dewysockie’s death.
Those convicted of a crime of the third degree can be incarcerated for up to five years in state prison, and convictions of crimes of the fourth degree up to 18 months.
Both Taylor and Evangelista recognize the cooperative efforts of all police and emergency medical personnel involved in the investigation, according to a release.