Prosecutor plans to ask for the death penalty.
By: Nick D’Amore
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The county prosecutor’s office will be seeking the death penalty for Boris Boretsky, who was indicted May 23 for allegedly stabbing his wife to death in Kingston in March.
Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Rea said the murder charge against Mr. Boretsky is a capital crime which means the death penalty is an option because he had violated a restraining order. He said he plans to ask for the death penalty.
Mr. Rea said Mr. Boretsky’s next court date is set for June 10, when a bail motion will be considered.
Mr. Boretsky, 52, is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center with bail set at $1 million. Bail of $250,000 set in January for violating his restraining order was revoked in March.
He was charged March 4 with murdering his wife, Saoule Moukhametova, 41. It was the first murder case in town since 1993.
Police arrested Mr. Boretsky after finding his wife of eight years dead on the living room sofa of her Ridge Road home. Mr. Boretsky had made the 911 call, police said.
Police said they found a butcher knife near her body at the scene and that Ms. Moukhametova had died from a stab wound to the chest.
Mr. Boretsky was also indicted on charges of aggravated assault, criminal contempt for violating the restraining order and making terroristic threats.
Ms. Moukhametova had filed for divorce Feb. 28 after getting a temporary restraining order against her husband Jan. 20, following an altercation with him Jan. 19 in which she suffered facial lacerations. Mr. Boretsky called her the next day, resulting in another restraining order issued Jan. 31.
He was charged after the Jan. 19 incident with aggravated assault on Ms. Moukhametova and a South Brunswick Police officer, who had responded to the domestic violence call. He was incarcerated for four days and released on bail.
He had been living in Skillman because of the restraining order. He owns a construction company, LAN Development Co.
Both Mr. Boretsky and Ms. Moukhametova were Russian immigrants. He has lived in the United States for 25 years.