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New Jersey

Where a gunman with Kroll Associates ties murdered a federal judge's son — the only assassination-style attack directly targeting a judicial official in the Epstein case.

FieldDetails
RegionNorth Brunswick Township
Deaths1
Key EventAttack on Judge Esther Salas's family (July 2020)

Why New Jersey Matters​

On July 19, 2020, a gunman dressed as a FedEx driver arrived at the home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in North Brunswick Township, New Jersey. He shot and killed her 20-year-old son Daniel Anderl and critically wounded her husband. Judge Salas had been assigned a case involving Deutsche Bank and Jeffrey Epstein just days earlier.

The Attack​

  • Daniel Anderl (2020, age 20) — Shot and killed answering the front door of his family's home. The gunman, Roy Den Hollander, was a self-described "anti-feminist" attorney who had previously worked for Kroll Associates — known as "the CIA of Wall Street."
  • Judge Esther Salas — Survived the attack; was in the basement at the time. Had been assigned a Deutsche Bank/Epstein case. Later championed "Daniel's Law" to protect judges' personal information.

The Kroll Associates Connection​

Roy Den Hollander had worked for Kroll Associates, a corporate intelligence firm with deep ties to intelligence agencies. Kroll also had connections to Deutsche Bank — the same bank whose case Judge Salas had been assigned. The overlap between Kroll, Deutsche Bank, and the Epstein network has been noted by researchers, though no direct link between the Epstein case assignment and the attack has been officially established.

Sources​

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