JERSEY CITY, New Jersey -- A man who fatally stabbed his mother and grandmother with a sword, meat cleaver and knife while high on drugs is now headed to prison.
Hudson County prosecutors say Kevin Hodges received separate 25-year sentences Friday for the December 2016 deaths of 56-year-old Rebecca Hodges and 76-year-old Dorothy Bradshaw. But he will serve the terms concurrently.
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Kevin Hodges had pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter counts for both deaths.
The slayings occurred in the family's home in the Arlington Gardens public housing complex in Jersey City.
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The two women had suffered multiple stab wounds, and 39-year-old Kevin Hodges was found a block away from the home, covered in blood. He admitted being high on PCP at the time of the slayings.
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