Investigators have arrested a man after linking together two murder cases in the borough. 

According to police, 48-year-old Steve Whittingham has been charged in the fatal shooting of Jerome Barrett, who was found dead in the lobby of an apartment building at the Spring Creek Towers early Wednesday morning. 

They say Whittingham has also been charged in the deadly stabbing of a 36-year-old woman. 

The Daily News is reporting that the body of that woman, identified as Jonelle Barker, was found in Barrett's trunk on New Lots Avenue. The newspaper is claiming that Whittingham had caught Barker and Barrett having an affair.