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Story summary
- Mark J. Austin, a 34-year-old from New Jersey, was found guilty after a five-week trial.
- He received a life sentence for orchestrating his father’s 2019 murder.
- The victim was Mark Richard Austin, found dead from blunt trauma on September 7, 2019, in Brick Township.
- Milton pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, claiming he was coerced into the plot over a debt.
- Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer described the crime as "calculated and merciless."
