STATEMENT: Leonard Jenoff
DATE: May 5, 2000
TIME: 6:39 p.m.
PLACE: Camden County Prosecutor's Office
IN REFERENCE TO: Homicide of Carol Neulander
INTERVIEWED BY: Senior Investigator Martin Devlin, Camden County Prosecutor's Office
IN PRESENCE OF: Detective Richard Rulbewsky, Cherry Hill Police Department; Francis Hartman, Attorney for Len Jenoff
TRANSCRIBED BY: Vicki L. Thompson, Camden County Prosecutor's Office
NOTE: This document has been edited. Names of those not connected to the murder, certain locations and the identities of some law enforcement agents have all been withheld. Expletives were also deleted.

Q: This is the statement of Leonard Jenoff, a 54-year-old white male. I'm Senior Investigator Marty Devlin of the Camden County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Unit. Also with me is Detective Rulbewsky of the Cherry Hill Police Department and also uh, Leonard Jenoff's attorney, uh, Mr. Francis Hartman ... Uh, Mr. Jenoff, before we begin this interview, I'd like to get some biographical information from you. Would you please state your full name and spell your last name?

A: Leonard Jenoff, J-E-N-0-F-F. That's like "f" like Frank. F-F.

Q: How old are you Mr. Jenoff?

A: Fifty-four.

Q: Uh, are you employed?

A: As of today?

Q: No, uh, were you employed before today?

A: Yes.

Q: And uh, how were you employed?

A: I was the owner and operator of Len Jenoff Associates, a licensed and bonded privatedetective agency in the State of New Jersey.

Q: OK. And uh, how long have you, uh, owned this company?

A: For approximately five years, five and a half years.

Q: OK. Now, what I would like to do, uh, we have had uh, some preliminary discussionsleading up to this interview. Is that correct?

A: Yes, sir.

Q: OK. And at all these discussions, uh, your attorney, Francis Hartman, has been present. Correct?

A: That's correct.

Q: OK, but in the abundance of caution I would still like to warn you of your Constitutional Rights. OK, in the presence of Mr. Hartman. Uh, you have a right to remain silent. Do you understand that?

A: Yes.

Q: OK. If you would, please, at the appropriate place, put your answer and your initials.

A: Yes.

Q: And your initials. Thank you. All right. Anything you say can and will be used against you in court. Do you understand that?

A: Yes.

Q: Again you're placing yes and your initials?

A: Yes.

Q: Uh, you have the right to consult with an attorney before making any statements or answering any questions. You may have him present with you, uh, and have him present during questioning. Do you understand that?

A: Yes. Counsel's present.

Q: OK. If you cannot afford or otherwise obtain an attorney, you may have one appointed to you by the court. Do you understand that?

A: Yes.

Q: OK. You're placing yes and your initials. If you decide to answer questions now, with or without a lawyer, you still have the right to stop the questioning at any time or to stop the questioning for the purpose of consulting a lawyer. Do you understand that?

A: Yes.

Q: You're placing yes and your initials. However you may waive your right to remain silent and your right to, uh, to consult with an attorney. You may answer questions and make statements without consulting a lawyer, if you so desire. Do you understand that?

A: Yes.

Q: OK. Placing yes and your initials. Now, having been advised of your rights and understanding them, do you desire to waive those rights and answer questions or give a statement?

A: Yes.

Q: OK. You're writing yes and ...

A: My initials.

Q: OK. Now, down at the bottom of that page, on the left hand side, you'll see the date and a line for, for the date. Do you know what today is?

A: 5. 5-5.

Q: That's correct. The time now is approximately 6:39 p.m. Uh, under that I'd ask you to place your signature. OK. I'm gonna place my signature under yours. Senior Investigator M. Devlin. I'm going to have your attorney witness this. And also Detective Rulbewsky. OK, Mr. Jenoff, I'd just like to get uh, on tape uh, some of your, your history. Were you in the military?

A: Yes.

Q: OK. And uh, what branch of the military were you in?

A: Army Reserves.

Q: And when was that?

A: From September '66 to six years, to `72.

Q: OK.

A: September, October `72.

Q: OK. And were you also working at that time?

A: Oh, during that six-year period?

Q: Yes.

A: Yes, sir.

Q: OK. And what type of work did you do?

A: Uh, various jobs, uh, Jesus, `66. I think I just left college. Various sales jobs and uh, uh, my first job was with an insurance company as a investigator.

Q: OK.

A: Tremotion Union Insurance.

Q: What was it?

A: Employers Group, Employers hyphen Group, then it merged with Tremotion UnionInsurance. I was a claims adjuster and investigator.

Q: And that was when?

A: Sixty, late `66 into `70, late through `67.

Q: While you were in the reserves?

A: Yeah. The reserves was uh, you know, one weekend a month.

Q: OK. You said you went to college. Where'd you go to college at?

A: Monmouth College, in North Jersey, Central Jersey.

Q: OK. Did you graduate or not?

A: No, I did not.

Q: OK. OK. Were you married at that time?

A: No.

Q: You were not? OK. After the job with the insurance company, what did you do?

A: Jeez. God.

Q: If you can recall?

A: I can't recall.

Q: OK. Uh, when was the next job you recalled? That you can recall?

A: Working for a data processing company in Philadelphia.

Q: Do you remember the name of it?

A: I, IDPI, International Data Processing Institute, IDPI. They're at 4 or 500 North Broad Street.

Q: OK. Are they still there? Do you know?

A: Yes.

Q: OK. All right, what else did you do?

A: Uh, after that I worked for the uh, a company that was contracted by Bell Atlantic. I sold Yellow Page advertising.

Q: OK. And how long did you do that?

A: Approximately two years.

Q: Do you remember the name of that company?

A: Yes. I deal with them today. Uh, they were called N.T.D. National Telephone Directory, but now they've actually been bought by Bell Atlantic.

Q: OK. And what did you do after that?

A: While there I met my first wife.

Q: And then you met your first wife. And what was your first wife's name?

A: Her full name?

Q: Yeah.

A: NAME WITHHELD.

Q: OK. And when did you first meet her?

A: We, `69 because we both lived in the same high rise on Route 70, in Cherry Hill.

Q: OK and when did you get married?

A: March, either March 8th or 9th of 1970.

Q: OK and uh, that union produced your son NAME WITHHELD?

A: No, sir.

Q: OK.

A: There were no children.

Q: OK.

A: Uh, she had a 5-year-old son from a previous marriage. OK. Now, how long did that marriage last? Marriage, cause we cohabitated together first.

Q: No, the marriage?

A: The marriage lasted four and a half months to five months.

Q: OK. And uh, that, of course, ended in divorce?

A: Yes, sir.

Q: OK. Do you, uh, well, that's when you had one of these jobs you had talked to us aboutalready, right?

A: Yes.

Q: OK. Then what happened as far as your, did you remarry?

A: Yes, but first I had moved to uh, the divorce was like messy and my parents who lived in Baltimore strongly advised that I go to Baltimore.

Q: OK. Now, when was that when you went to Baltimore?

A: March, July '70, July of 1970.

Q: And how long were you in Baltimore?

A: From July of 1970 to the summer of `79 or, I believe the summer of `79. I'm not sure what month.

Q: OK and did you live with your parents while you were there?

A: Initially.

Q: And where was that at?

A: In LOCATION WITHHELD.

Q: LOCATION WITHHELD?

A: Yes, sir.

Q: OK.

A: Do you want the address?

Q: If you have it.

A: LOCATION WITHHELD.

Q: OK. Now, you lived with them for awhile and then uh, you got your own place?

A: No, I lived with them right up until I, uh got remarried.

Q: OK. OK, um, and what year was that?

A: December of `7-, I can't recall if it was `72 or `73, but it was December of '72 or `73.

Q: And then what did you do?

A: I, my wife and I, this was NAME WITHHELD. Do you want her name?

Q: Yes.

A: Her name was NAME WITHHELD, middle name NAME WITHHELD. And then we took a uh, like a condo or an apartment in uh, Baltimore County.

Q: OK. Do you remember the address there?

A: 80, 82 something LOCATION WITHHELD, and it was Baltimore County. It was Baltimore, but it was really the Baltimore County, Maryland.

Q: OK. Now, how long were you married to NAME WITHHELD?

A: We were married from December of '72 or 73, like until she divorced me, well, until she left me, August of `91.

Q: OK. That's the marriage that produced your son NAME WITHHELD?

A: Yes, sir.

Q: OK. OK. Now, while you were married to NAME WITHHELD, what did you do for a living?

A: A lot of things.

Q: Various jobs?

A: Various jobs, but the longest was I became uh, vice president of D.P.I., like I had said previously, I.D.P.L. DRI stood for Data Processing Institute of Baltimore.

Q: OK. And how long were you with them for?

A: Four years, maybe.

Q: OK. And what did you do for them?

A: Uh, helped their educational division of teaching students to enroll to learn, you know, in those days they called it data processing and key punch, the early stages of computers.

Q: OK.

A: My father was the owner of the company.

Q: Oh, your dad owned the company.

A: Yes.

Q: OK.

A: Until he died.

Q: And when did you leave that employ?

A: Around January of `75.

Q: OK. And then where'd you, what did you do?

A: Uh, I got a series of sales jobs, uh, first was pharmaceuticals. For a couple years. Thenwith G.A.F. Medical X-ray. I sold X-ray film to hospitals.

Q: Now were they in Baltimore?

A: They, well, they were international, but my territory was like a couple states, you know.

Q: OK.

A: Uh, pharmaceuticals, medical X-ray film, then, then I landed at 15th and Chestnut, 15th and Walnut with Control Data, cause I had this sales, computer sales background and I was uh, sales director of Control Data, CDC Corp. in Philadelphia.

Q: And where were they located exactly?

A: I believe 15 or 14, something, like right at, like the comer of 15th and Walnut.

Q: Are they still there?

A: I don't think, no, I'm pretty sure they're not.

Q: So, obviously you moved back to Philadelphia or you moved to Philadelphia?

A: Oh.

Q: When you got that job?

A: Oh, uh, yeah. I, I, can I back up?

Q: Sure.

A: After the medical X-ray film, I got a, the reason I moved back to New Jersey was acompanny called Arcata, A-R-C-A-T-A, they made microfilm and microfese. They hired me for New Jersey and since I had always lived in New Jersey, I was eager to get back and my wife and I, and at that point, my, our son NAME WITHHELD was like one year old, 11 months old, we moved back to New Jersey so I could handle a north, north territory for Arcata Microfilm.

Q: And what year was that?

A: `78 into `79, then I went to Control Data.

Q: And what year did you go to Control Data?

A: `79 and `80.

Q: OK. Then what did you do?

A: I had met some uh, I kind of got like casino fever, uh, and I met these casino executives that I befriended, uh, cause it's not like what you know, it's who you know to get good jobs there.

Q: Right.

A: And they kind of like, we did each other favors and these guys were with the Golden Nugget and I was like really getting friendly with them and they had said when they could, when the timing was right, they'd get me in and sure enough they did.

Q: OK. So, then you went with the casinos, the Golden Nugget?

A: Playboy.

Q: Oh, I'm sorry. Playboy.

A: Right.

Q: OK and how long were you at Playboy?

A: About eleven months.

Q: OK. So that leads us up to about `92,1 mean `82.

A: Right. `82, late `82. It was some, late `82 then I went to Resorts International. The casino business is very transient. You go to different casinos.

Q: And how long were you with them?

A: About five months, I recall. I'm not sure the months, but it was short.

Q: OK. And then where did you go?

A: Then I got to the New Jersey, the State of New Jersey. I got what's called a junket, junket license. I became self-employed where I was. then putting together like junkets, which is like groups of people that I could get buses for or airplanes and I became an independent licensed junketeer, they called it, where I could represent more than one casino and get commissions on so much per head.

Q: OK.

A: I did that for a couple of years.

Q: And that's uh, and that's a licensed that you have to get from the State of New Jersey?

A: And the State Police investigate your license.

Q: And the State Police, OK. So, now, we're up to uh ...

A: Not really up to, I did that on and off till maybe `88.

Q: OK. All right. And then what?

A: Uh ...

Q: I understand this is difficult. You've had a lot of jobs, I'm not ...

A: Yes.

Q: I'm not asking you to remember each of every one of them, but just the best you can.

A: Then I started having ...

Q: Go ahead.

A: Problems with drinking alcohol.

Q: OK.

A: Had trouble keeping jobs.

Q: Now you say you had trouble with alcohol. Uh, tell me about that? Tell me what that trouble was? What your lifestyle was at that time and what happened to uh, cause you to start having trouble with alcohol?

A: Well, the summer of 1986, I believe 1986, I was involved in a car accident. It was a head-on car accident.

Q: You were involved in a head-on car accident.

A: Car accident.

Q: And where was that? I'd ask you to keep your voice up.

A: Route 73 in Maple Shade, New Jersey.

Q: OK and could you give me some of the circumstances behind that?

A: I was uh, coming home late. I can't recall from where. Excuse me and there was a small car, like a real small like Pinto with uh, I believe three kids in it, 18 years old. They had just graduated high school and they were uh, having a beer party at Radio Shack. It was like an after first inventory type party and they were real drunk and I was heading southbound on Route 73. They were coming northbound and their car became disabled so being drunk they weren't thinking right. They started pushing it into the northbound lane. They were wearing dark clothes. The car had no headlights. I didn't see them until it was too late. I hit them head on and immediately took the life of an 18-year-old kid.