Upper Twp. Woman’s Sister And Fiance Admit To Killing Her With Drug Overdose

An Upper Township woman’s sister and fiance have pleaded guilty in her 2023 death. Emily Cruddas, 21, died of a drug overdose Feb. 17, 2023, inside the Upper Township home she shared with her sister, Sarah Errickson.
Three baggies of heroin were stamped “White House” were found nearby. But Cruddas had not shot the heroin into her system, her fiance would later tell police. BreakingAC.com reports Errickson first incapacitated Cruddas with Xanax, Joseph Augustus Ragan IV said, then Erickson shot her full of drugs in an attempt to make it look like suicide, an affidavit reads of his confession to investigators.