Vineland Man Gets 30 Years for Millville Killing of Mother of Five

Eric Bundy-Johnson, 35, of Vineland was ordered to serve 30 years in state prison on March 5, 2026 after pleading guilty to first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder and related weapons charges in a shooting outside a Millville convenience store parking lot that left a mother of five dead. Prosecutors and Cumberland County court records say the term reflects recommendations that counts run concurrently for an aggregate three decades behind bars.

Police and court filings describe the Oct. 26, 2024 confrontation as occurring around 10:30 to 10:37 a.m. in the store parking lot. Authorities say Francesca Delvalle, 35, of Vineland drove a vehicle with Bundy-Johnson as a passenger, pulled up to a parked car occupied by two people, and a verbal fight erupted before Bundy-Johnson exited and opened fire. NJ.com reported Bundy-Johnson fired four shots through the driver’s side window; other accounts described “numerous rounds” fired into the vehicle.

The woman struck in the shooting is identified as Bonnie Hitchens, nicknamed “Bon‑Bon,” a mother of five from Bridgeton who was later pronounced dead at Inspira Medical Center in Vineland. Sources differ on Hitchens’ age — some reports list her as 41, while NJ.com at times lists 35 — and her obituary described her this way: “Bon‑Bon was the life of any party or occasion. She loved to make people laugh and smile and loved to dance to any kind of music.” The male passenger in the parked car was seriously wounded, treated at a local hospital and later released, authorities said.

Bundy-Johnson pleaded guilty to the counts prosecutors pursued, and the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office outlined sentencing recommendations of 30 years for first-degree murder and a decade for attempted murder, with weapons counts to run concurrently. Multiple outlets reported the recommended structure would leave Bundy-Johnson serving an aggregate 30-year term without the possibility of parole. NJ.com identified defense counsel Andrew Imperiale, who declined to comment; earlier coverage from WPG spelled the attorney’s name as Andrew Impirale.

Delvalle was indicted Jan. 22 on first-degree murder and on additional counts including hindering apprehension and tampering with evidence, and Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb‑McRae told reporters the indictment is “pending disposition.” Prosecutors have alleged evidence the two planned the attack together and that Delvalle provoked the argument that preceded the shooting; Delvalle has told police she and Bundy-Johnson share a child, according to police records cited in coverage.

A judge in earlier proceedings described the episode as “a revenge killing over nothing,” language prosecutors cited as reflecting motive tied to Bundy-Johnson’s prior relationship with Hitchens. With Bundy-Johnson sentenced on March 5, 2026, courtroom focus in Cumberland County now turns to Delvalle’s pending case in Superior Court as family members and neighbors in Millville, Vineland and Bridgeton continue to contend with the aftermath of the ambush.