#Man found dead possibly linked to shooting of Federal Judge Esther Salas’ family

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Judge Esther Salas (left) and her husband Mark Anderl
Rutgers University; Anderl & Oakley

A man found dead in New York’s Catskills may have been behind the shooting of federal Judge Esther Salas’ son and husband in New Jersey, police sources said Monday.

The man was found on Monday in Rockland, New York with apparently a self-inflicted gunshot wound, sources said.

The man’s name and identity were not immediately disclosed, but sources said that it’s preliminarily believed he was an attorney who once argued a case in front of Salas.

A package or envelope addressed to the jurist was found near the man’s body, sources said.

The FBI and police were headed to the scene to investigate a possible connection between the man — and a gun found nearby — to the bloody attack on a district court judge’s home in North Brunswick, NJ, sources said.

An assailant dressed as a Federal Express deliveryman came to the home’s door around 5 p.m. Sunday, and opened fire as soon as Judge Esther Salas’ son, Daniel Anderl, opened up.

The gunman also blasted Anderl’s husband, prominent attorney Mark Anderl, 63, authorities have said.

The younger man was killed, while the older was hospitalized in critical condition.


Salas, believed to have been in the basement of the home at the time of the attack, was not injured.

She has worked on several high-profile cases, and was recently assigned a class-action suit from Deutsche Bank investors who claim the company failed to monitor “high-risk” customers including late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The FBI declined immediate comment on the Catskills body and its possible ties to the case.

Additional reporting by Craig McCarthy