He was
surrendered to detectives with the Sussex County Prosecutor s Office Thursday night and transported some 250 miles to the Byram Township Police Department, where he was processed and fingerprinted, according to Gregory Mueller, Sussex County s first assistant prosecutor. He was then transferred to the Morris County jail.
Authorities have said the two soldiers met in Watertown, New York, on Dec. 18 to exchange vehicles. A dispute between the two men may have played a role in Mellish s decision to abduct Harris and take him on a more than 300-mile trek south to Brooklyn, Mellish s hometown, according to Mueller.
For reasons police haven t yet explained, Mellish then drove across New Jersey, made his way to the end of Ross Road in Byram and left Harris body there. Prosecutors so far haven t disclosed a motive for the alleged killing.