FBI says evidence links men's rights lawyer to New Jersey, California killings

New York state police block off a road near the scene where the body of Roy Den Hollander was found near Livingston Manor, New York. Photo / AP file

Federal investigators have unspecified evidence linking the killing of a men's rights lawyer in California to the suspect in the ambush shooting of a federal judge's family in New Jersey, authorities said today.

The evidence allegedly connects Roy Den Hollander, another men's rights lawyer who was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound the day after an attack that killed the judge's son and wounded her husband, to the death of Marc Angelucci in San Bernardino County, California.

FBI officials in Newark, New Jersey, would not describe the evidence or explain how it ties into the two cases.

Angelucci was shot to death at his home on July 11.

Lawyer suspected in Judge Salas shooting was Trump campaign volunteer https://t.co/tNuw4rMIEQ

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) July 22, 2020

The FBI says Den Hollander was the "primary subject in the attack" on Monday at the home of US District Judge Esther Salas in North Brunswick, New Jersey, where 20-year-old Daniel Anderl was killed and his father, Mark Anderl, 63, was wounded.

Salas, 51, was in another part of the house and was unharmed. Den Hollander was found dead later in Sullivan County, New York.

In both attacks, the suspect appeared to pose as a delivery driver, according to a law enforcement official.

As the FBI continues the investigation into the attack at the home of US District Court Judge Esther Salas, we are now engaged with the San Bernardino CA Sheriff’s Office and have evidence linking the murder of Marc Angelucci to FBI Newark subject Roy Den Hollander.

— FBI Newark (@FBINewark) July 22, 2020

Investigators found items in Den Hollander's possession that prompted concerns about whether he had targeted, or planned to target, other people. The items included a photograph of New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and the address of a state appeals courthouse, a state court spokesperson said.

Den Hollander, 72, described himself as an "anti-feminist" lawyer who filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of "ladies night" promotions at bars and nightclubs, sued Columbia University for providing women's studies classes, and sued news organisations over what he said was biased coverage.

In more than 2,000 pages of often misogynistic, racist writings posted online, Den Hollander had sharply criticized Salas and other female judges.

Both Den Hollander and Angelucci, 52, were involved in lawsuits seeking to force the US government to require all young women to join men in registering for a possible military draft.

- AP