HOPATCONG -- A borough man is facing charges after a woman living with him died and he continued to reside with her body and get high for three days last month, police said.

Matthew Schmarr, 35, of Hopatcong (Keogh-Dwyer Correctional Facility)

Officers found Matthew Schmarr, 35, of Hopatcong, in his bed and the body of the 52-year-old woman in another bed across from him when they investigated on March 21, Lt. Thomas Kmetz said.

Police went to Schmarr's residence after receiving a report that he had sent a suspicious text to the mother of his child, Kmetz said.

Officers tried to get inside, but when they could not, they found a neighbor with a key, Kmetz said.

Investigators determined Schmarr had a juvenile in his care from March 18 to March 19, and that Schmarr drove to Paterson on March 18 to buy heroin, crack cocaine and cocaine, Kmetz said.

The child was not with Schmarr when he bought drugs, but the child was in the home when he used them on March 18, Kmetz said.

Between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on March 18 when the child was picked up, Schmarr checked on the woman and found she was dead, Kmetz said.

He then allegedly used more drugs and passed out, Kmetz said. The next day, he took more drugs and contacted a friend who came over, Kmetz said.

Schmarr showed his friend the dead woman on March 20 and the friend told him to call the police, but Schmarr failed to report the death, Kmetz said.

Instead, Schmarr turned on the air conditioning in the room and looked up death and decomposition on his phone, Kmetz said.

He then allegedly rearranged pill bottles next to the woman to make her death look like a suicide, and sold her laptop to a taxi driver he knew, Kmetz said. The laptop was later recovered by detectives.

Schmarr continued to live in the residence and sleep in same room as the dead woman until officers woke him on March 21 at 9:13 p.m.

He was arrested at that time for $2,089 in outstanding warrants from Roxbury and Hopatcong.

Schmarr was charged with failure to report a death and child neglect. Additional charges may be pending with the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office, Kmetz said.

He was remanded to the Keogh-Dwyer Correctional Facility on the outstanding warrants.

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