radioNovo News for Stroudsburg: April 22, 2026

RNN STROUDSBURG 04/22/26          A MONROE COUNTY MAN IS BEHIND BARS, ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND IN A CASE ORIGINALLY REPORTED AS A SUICIDE. 43-YEAR-OLD JACOB NAUMAN WAS CHARGED THIS MONTH WITH THE 2023 DEATH OF BRITTANY BURGIN IN MIDDLE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP. WHILE NAUMAN CLAIMED BURGIN HANGED HERSELF AFTER A PARTY, A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION AND A SECOND AUTOPSY DETERMINED SHE WAS ACTUALLY STRANGLED. DETECTIVES ALSO NOTED MAJOR INCONSISTENCIES IN NAUMAN’S STATEMENTS. HE'S BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL PENDING FURTHER COURT ACTION.            THE MAN FOUND DEAD LAST CHRISTMAS EVE NEXT TO THE EAST STROUDSBURG DUNKIN LOCATION ON SEVEN BRIDGE ROAD HAS STILL NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED, SO THE MONROE COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE RELEASED A SKETCH... HOPING SOMEONE MIGHT RECOGNIZE HIM AND REPORT HIS IDENTITY.  THE MAN HAD NO TATTOOS OR IDENTIFYING MARKS, WAS BETWEEN 50 AND 70 YEARS OLD, ABOUT 6'2" AND WEIGHING ABOUT 150 POUNDS.  CHECK OUT THE SKETCH AT CORONERSOFFICE-AT-MONROECOUNTYPA-DOT-GOV.  AND REPORT HIS IDENTITY, IF YOU KNOW IT.