Steven Stallworth, 27, has been charged with Murder and Desecration of Human Remains, Atlantic County Acting Prosecutor Jim McLain said.
His bail was set $2,000,000.
At approximately 1:30 p.m. on January 5th, a hunter found the remains of 30-year-old Tara Rogers-Alicea inside a suitcase in the woods behind the Shore Mall site near Broadway Avenue.
The hunter, who is a municipal police officer in Atlantic County, immediately notified authorities and reported the discovery.
Rogers-Alicea, a mother of three from Monroeville, NJ, was identified within days of her body's recovery.
The cause of death was determined to be asphyxiation by strangulation.
Her death was ruled a homicide.
Anyone with information pertaining to this case is asked to call the Atlantic County Major Crimes Unit at 609-909-7666.