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SOMERVILLE, N.J. – On Monday, March 3, 2025, after a two-week trial, a Somerset County jury convicted Daniel Matthews, age 45, Brooklyn, New York of several charges including First Degree Murder in connection with the December 29, 2023, homicide of Franklin Township resident, Artis Timothy Young. Evidence showed Young, age 46, was murdered at Matthews’ family residence in Franklin Township during a robbery that involved a large quantity of marijuana. Sentencing is scheduled for April 25, 2025, at which time the defendant faces up to life in prison on the murder charge.
On Saturday, December 30, 2023, Franklin Township Police Department received a missing person report from a family member regarding Artis Young. An investigation into the whereabouts of Mr. Young determined that Artis Young had plans to meet with Daniel Matthews in Franklin Township on December 29, 2023.
During the early morning hours of Saturday, December 30, 2023, Artis Young was found deceased in Brooklyn, New York. An autopsy was conducted by the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office which ruled the cause and manner of Artis Young’s death as homicide by ligature strangulation. As a result of this investigation, Andrew Mumby and Daniel Matthews were identified as suspects in the death of Artis Young. Following the homicide, Matthews and Mumby transported Young’s remains in the trunk of Young’s own vehicle to the location in Brooklyn, New York where Young’s body was discovered. Surveillance video showed both men at multiple locations with the victim’s car in the 12 hours after the homicide with Matthews often in possession of cleaning supplies for the car. Matthews’ cellphone placed him at the scene of the killing, the disposal of the body, and the abandonment of the victim’s car.
Forensics evidence was recovered placing the victim’s blood and DNA in the trunk of his car, on the floor of the garage at the Matthews’ family residence in Franklin Township, and on the sweatsuit Matthews was wearing on the surveillance video in the case. Matthews’ own DNA was also found on that sweatsuit with the victim’s blood. A witness testified that the homicide occurred during a robbery connected with a large quantity of marijuana that evening. Andrew Mumby has pled guilty to participating in the crime.
Matthews was convicted by the jury of First Degree Murder, First Degree Robbery, Second Degree Conspiracy to Disturb Human Remains, Second Degree Disturbing Human Remains, and two counts of Third Degree Hindering Apprehension. The two-week trial was held before New Jersey Superior Court Judge the Honorable Angela F. Borkowski, and was presented by Somerset County Assistant Prosecutors William A. Guhl and Terence Ford with the assistance of paralegals Amy Vandergoot and Tiffany Gordon. The investigation was conducted by the Franklin Township Police Department, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office, and the New York City Police Department, with assistance from the New Jersey State Police and the FBI.
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