tyrita julius of linden vanishing five months ago after in long branch. her body found buried in that backyard of the home in long branch. now that friend along with a man are charged with her murder. what we still don't know is why she was killed. here's eyewitness news reporter aj ross. >> it's hard. loving person. always had a smile no matter what. you're down, she's going to bring you up. >> reporter: for five tear filled months, tyrita julius' missed her desperately. >> we're going to miss tyrita. >> reporter: tyrita went missing in march after visiting her friend, 32-year-old jennifer sweeney. tuesday her body was discovered buried in the backyard of this long branch home owned by andre harris. >> this is not the way we wanted it to end. we wish it could have been different. we wish we could have found your daughter. i'm sorry that we weren't able to find her alive. >> reporter: prosecutors say harris and sweeney conspired during another alleged attempt in november where tyrita was shot eight times in linden. >> she's essentially a, if at first you

now, two people have now been charged in the murder of linden resident tyrita julius. now, behind me you can see the police continue to search this home on joline avenue here in long branch. 41-year-old tyrita julius was a mother of two teens, her family frantic after she went missing on march 8th. a friend told police she had drop her off at the long branch train station to return home o linden. we spoke to julius' mother shortly after her disappearance. >> i knew something was wrong when she didn't come home because she's always home. >>reporter: now, the monmouth county prosecutor's office confirms two have been charged in her murder, gen is ifer sweeney 33 of tinton falls and andre harris, 32 of long branch. police say the home being searched on joeline avenue belongs to harris. neighbors were disgusted by the news. >> pretty shocking. that's crazy. >> absolutely, it's just by my disappearance, julius had a traumatic few months. she was inside this car at the end of november when police say a man wearing a mask walked up and fired several shots into the front seat,

andre harris and jennifer sweeney arraigned this afternoon, charged with murdering tyrita julius. tyrita's mom said sweeney dropped her daughter off at the train station before she disappeared in march. her body found last night, buried in the backyard of a home in long branch, owned by harris. >> i just want to know why. it reason. you've got to have a reason why. >> now we know. there was a glimmer of hope for a while. but now we know. >> harris is sweeney also charged with attempted murder after they shot tyrita and her child back in november. >>> i'm meteorologist jeff smith in for lee goldberg. the way overnight. 80 degrees in new york city. getting a couple degrees above average for this time of year. why got up to 85. 90 at toms river. in terms of the changes i was talking about, we have showers on the way overnight tonight in to early tomorrow morning. we'll check it out for you on the high resolution futurecast, especially new york city points south getting in to showers by 2:00 in the morning. for the morning commute i think there will be a few showers around, especially

because this is the second time these two individuals attempted to kill tyrita julius. on march 8th in long branch they were successful. >> reporter: with both harris and sweeney now facing multiple charges of murder, conspiracy, emotions. grateful for closure but anxious for justice. >> through the anger, through the tears, through the sadness, we'll rise above all of this. >> an autopsy was conducted today to determine the exact cause of tyrita's death. live in freehold, aj ross, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> new details about the teenager who climbed t tower. prosecutors say stephen rogata ordered the equipment and practiced ahead of time. the 19-year-old from virginia waited till his parents were out of town before driving to midtown. he's being held on $10,000 bond following his arraignment at bellevue hospital today. >>> new york city police officer involved in a shooting in brooklyn while he was off duty is now on modified duty. khalif alcott and his cousins the suspects grabbed alicott's service weapon and it went off. clay was arrested. the other man got away.

jersey mother missing for five months is found and her friend now charged with murder. 41-year-old tyrita julius of linden disappeared in march. prosecutors say her friend, jennifer sweeney, originally told police that she dropped train station. but police say sweeney and an accomplice andre harris killed the mother of two teenagers and buried her in a backyard in long branch. >> during that search in the backyard, tyrita's body was recovered in a little under 3 feet of soil wrapped in a plastic tarp. >> prosecutors say sweeney and harris trade to kill julius months before her disappearance. the d.a. says julius was shot while inside a car in november. sweeney's lawyer says the woman is innocent of the charges. >>> we have new information tonight on a rape in brooklyn that we first told but at 5:00. sources now saying a person of interest is custody after calling 911 from a pay phone. he allegedly made incoherent statements to investigators and his sneakers and clothes matched the victim's kosciusko street station in bushwick yesterday morning when a man attacked. [ choking ] investigators say a

police arresting two people for the murder of tyrita julius who last march. investigators located her remains tonight in long branch and arrested 33-year-old jennifer sweeney and 32-year-old andre fall. they're charged with murder, desecration of human remains, and tampering with physical evidence. >>> donald trump will receive his first classified intelligence briefing tomorrow in new york city. today trump took his campaign to the racially charged city of milwaukee, meeting with police officers who have been dealing with violent protest over the deadly police shooting of a black man by a black cop. the black vote, giving what's billed as his first policy speech about domestic security. >>> meanwhile hillary clinton hammering trump over national security today, telling supporters in pennsylvania she is bewildered by his plan. trump yesterday unveiled his extreme vetting plan that calls for immigrants to pass an ideological test to see if they share american values. today secretary clinton releasing an ad questioning the constitutionality of trump's plan. cli

julius's body was found. they will reveal that int >> during that search in the backyard, tyrita's body was recovered in a little under 3 feet of soil wrapped in a plastic tarp. nearby, we recovered a shovel that we believe was used to bury her back there. >> reporter: sweeney and harris are also facing charges in another crime just three months before julius disappeared. in november 2015, julius was shot eight times while inside this car. she survived. attempted murder. julius was the mother of two teens. her family very emotional. >> it hurt. it hurt. >> reporter: as for a motive, the prosecutor says that too will be revealed in court. a lot of unanswered questions in this case. live in long branch, meg baker, cbs 2 news. >> meg, thank you. >>> a rape investigation is going on in brooklyn tonight. a woman says she was followed off the subway then attacked at knifepoint by a stranger who threatened to kill her. cbs 2's dave carlin bushwick with the newest information from police for us tonight. dave. >> reporter: jessica, rapes on the rise in the area and shortly after this latest case on dekalb avenue an offic