Burlington County Man Sentenced For Fatally Gunning Down His Ex-Girlfriend

Saturday, October 18, 2025, 7:15 A.M. ET. 1 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

PALMYRA, NJ.- Last Friday, a 38-year-old Palmyra, New Jersey man was sentenced to over two decades in New Jersey State Prison for fatally gunning down his 28-year-old ex-girlfriend in the parking lot of a Palmyra, New Jersey car wash back in April of 2022.

     According to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw, on Friday, October 10, 2025, Antonio Burke, 38, of Palmyra, New Jersey, appeared in Mercer County Superior Court and was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Amber J. Gibbs to 21 years in State Prison after pleading guilty last month to first-degree Aggravated Manslaughter for the shooting death of Alicia Stilley, 28, of Cinnamison, New Jersey.

Burke Sentenced For 2022 Shooting Death Of Ex-Girlfriend

     The guilty plea and sentence stem from an investigation that began on April 18, 2022, when, around 10:45 p.m., members of the Palmyra Police Department responded to a 911 Emergency Call reporting an unresponsive woman at the Hot Wet & Wax car wash located on Filmore Avenue in Palmyra. Upon arrival, Police Officers located Ms. Stilley unresponsive on the ground near her vehicle, having succumbed to a fatal gunshot wound to her chest.

     During the ensuing investigation, Detectives of the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Palmyra Police Department were able to identify Burke, Ms. Stilley’s ex-boyfriend, as the shooter and the individual responsible for her death. Burke was apprehended a week later inside a residence in Dallas, Texas.