DNA evidence helped detectives link a dead man to Laurie Ann Powell’s murder in 1988.

A woman is alive thanks to a Gloucester County deputy's quick thinking.

Lannon told investigators that he put Jennifer's body and the bedding into a container and placed it in the backyard. The remains of Jennifer Lannon, Mata and Miller were found in early March inside a pickup truck at a parking garage at the Albuquerque airport. Lannon told investigators that he killed the 60-year-old Albuquerque man on Feb. 24 after he asked for more money to help move the containers to another spot. Extradition papers have yet to be filed by New Mexico authorities and an attorney still needs to be appointed. Lannon told investigators that Dabkowski had sexually abused him as a child and that he had gone to the home to retrieve sexually explicit photos.

This undated photo released by the Gloucester County Prosecutors Office shows Sean Lannon. Local law enforcement officials in New Mexico and in New Jersey are working with federal agents on the veracity of claims by Sean Lannon, including that he killed 11 other people, the official said. The official, who had direct knowledge of the probe, could not discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Dabkowski mentored Lannon and his twin brother through a Big Brothers program in the 1980s, NJ.com reported. Ad“I knew he was a close, just a close friend to Sean, and that he was a father figure,” Whitman said.

“I can understand he (Sean Lannon) stated that, you know, he shot his wife and her boyfriend," Chavez said. Whitman told the AP that although the couple had divorced after nearly a decade of marriage, they were still living together. Sean Lannon is accused of breaking in and beating the 66-year-old to death with a hammer, according to an affidavit. He said Lannon didn’t want anyone “to have control over me any longer” in trying to take back the photos. Unger, an attorney for Sean Lannon's family and Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence Region didn't immediately respond Saturday to messages seeking comment.

This undated photo released by the Gloucester County Prosecutors Office shows Sean Lannon. (Gloucester County Prosecutors Office via AP)WOODBURY, N.J. – A man considered a person of interest in the deaths of his ex-wife and three other people in New Mexico was charged Wednesday with a separate killing in New Jersey. The cause of death was blunt force trauma, according to the Gloucester County prosecutor's office. Officers performing a well-being check found Dabkowski's body, according to the prosecutors office. AdGrants Police had posted on Facebook last month that they were seeking a different suspect in connection with the disappearances of Jennifer Lannon, Miller and Mata.