Rashid Ali Bynum Sentenced to Life for 2023 Killing of N.J. Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour
The case turned on phone and travel records with no clear motive from prosecutors.
Overview
- Bynum, 31, received a life sentence in Middlesex County court on Monday after his conviction for fatally shooting Dwumfour outside her Sayreville home.
- A jury found him guilty in June following a month-long trial on murder and weapons charges.
- Defense attorney Michael Ashley says an appeal is planned and has argued there was no direct evidence tying Bynum to the shooting.
- Prosecutors relied on toll pass and cellphone data showing travel from Virginia to New Jersey before the killing and a return trip afterward.
- Police evidence at trial included shell casings linked to a Glock handgun recovered from under Dwumfour’s sister’s bed.