N.J. man is charged in 1990 stabbing death of teen

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan on Thursday announced the arrest of a New Brunswick man in a 20-year-old homicide case.

Steven Parkey Jr., 40, is charged in the October 1990 death of Nikki Adams, 15, of New Brunswick, whose body was found by a cleaning person in an Edison motel room. She had been stabbed multiple times.

Parkey was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder and weapons offenses. He pleaded not guilty during a brief court appearance Thursday and was held on $2 million bail.

His public defender, Vernon Estreicher, did not immediately return a telephone message seeking comment. Kaplan said the arrest had stemmed from a "routine review" of cold cases by his office, but declined to comment further. - AP