Man accused of New Jersey killing says he is responsible for 16 deaths

Sean Lannon is accused of killing a man he says abused him in childhood and is a person of interest in four other deaths

A man accused of killing a New Jersey man he says sexually abused him in childhood, and who is a person of interest in the deaths of his ex-wife and three other people in New Mexico, claims to be responsible for 16 deaths in all, prosecutors said.

Sean Lannon, 47, said he was responsible for the killings in New Jersey and New Mexico and claimed he had killed 11 other individuals", NJ.com quoted Alec Gutierrez, an assistant prosecutor in Gloucester county, as saying at a detention hearing on Friday.