Robert W. Miller confessed that he sold phony massage certificates to prostitutes in N.J.
WESTWOOD - The deaths of a man and woman found at the home of a former council member - who pleaded guilty to federal charges this year - appear to be suicides, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said.
Robert and 59-year-old Aecha Miller are listed as the owners of the home at 430 Kinderkamack Road, where an investigation into the deaths was taking place on Thursday afternoon. The prosecutor's office confirmed the identities of the deceased Thursday night.
A neighbor had seen Robert W. Miller, 67, over the weekend wearing an ankle bracelet monitor, NorthJersey.com reported.
Another neighbor, Michelle Sembler, told NJ Advance Media Thursday said she had seen much less of Miller lately.
"They had a bulldog and they would walk him. Haven't seen him in months. I used to see him more but he's stayed in more after the charges were announced," Sembler said.
Miller, 67, pleaded guilty to federal charges in February, confessing that he sold phony massage therapy training certificates to women who worked as prostitutes at more than two dozen massage parlors in New Jersey. He faced up to two years in prison at sentencing later this year.
Miller was a Westwood councilman for seven years until 2015 and also was a councilman in Ridgewood from 1996-1998.
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