Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on Nov. 27, Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan ordered that Michael Mulgrew, 34, of Barnegat Township shall remain detained in the Ocean County Jail pending trial on charges of murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon in connection with the stabbing deaths of his parents, Eugene Mulgrew and Cheryl Mulgrew, at their Barnegat home Nov. 2.

Mulgrew has been lodged in the county jail since his apprehension on Nov. 2.