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A Mount Laurel man arrested Monday night in the death of his wife and mother of their child was ordered held on $1.2 million in Burlington County Superior Court in Mount Holly.

Kyle J. Crosby, 28, of the 5200 block of Aberdeen Drive in Mount Laurel was arrested in Camden County in the death of Erica Crippen, 26, who authorities say Crosby had reported missing since New Year's Day on Jan. 7.

He is charged with murder and two counts of child endangerment according to Deputy First Assistant Prosecutor James Ronca who argued before Superior Court Judge Susan L. Claypoole this afternoon.

The probable cause affidavit detailing the state's case is sealed but Ronca said Crosby admitted to police during questioning in his arrest to having a Percocet addiction, abusing the painkiller daily.

Prosecutors also say investigation led authorities to learn that Crosby, who had gone missing in wake of Crippen's reported disappearance, had travelled to Delaware and Baltimore, Md. during the course of five days on the run.

Judge Claypoole read Crosby — who took part in proceedings via video teleconference from Burlington County Jail — his rights prior to Ronca presenting his arguments.

More than a dozen of Crippen's loved ones sat in the courtroom — most in tears — during the proceedings.

"All she did was love him," said Dana Crippen, Erica's aunt, outside the courtroom after the proceedings.

Dana Crippen said Erica had recently sent Crosby to a drug treatment program and threatened in letters to leave her husband if he did not address his drug problem.

Claypoole held bail set earlier today at $1 million on the murder charge and added $200,000 bail for the two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, totaling $1.2M without the option of posting ten percent.

Crosby was further ordered to have no contact with his children — a 7-year-old daughter from a previous relationship and a 3-month-old daughter with Crippen — and no contact with the victims family.

Crosby had stated in court that at least one of his daughters was currently under the care of his mother.

He was also ordered not to leave the state should he post bail nor return to the residence he shared with Crippen in the Brittany Commons apartment complex off of Route 38.

Crippen's body has not been located, according to prosecutors, who say authorities are currently pursuing leads on her whereabouts.

Brooklawn Police Department officers arrested Crosby Monday night after a traffic stop and brief foot chase in Bellmawr, prosecutor's say.

Crosby had been driving Crippen's red Ford Taurus at the time and was stopped on the child endangerment charge issued Jan. 10 in wake of the disappearance of his wife and himself.

Prosecutors say several items were found in the trunk of the vehicle that have "evidential value in her disappearance."

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