Ohio med-school grad arrested in 1982 slaying that occurred while he was a chef in N.J.

A medical school graduate living in Ohio was arrested on a charge that he beat his boss to death when he was a chef in New Jersey 25 years ago.

George Carty, now 49, appeared in court here Thursday on a charge of aggravated manslaughter. He then quickly exited court with prosecutors and his public defender, Mary Linehan.

"He was naturally very shaken by the accusation against him and he maintains his innocence," Linehan said.

A future arraignment date hadn't immediately been set; Carty remained held on $500,000 bail.

Carty, who lives in the Cleveland suburb of Richmond Heights, was arrested Tuesday and waived extradition.

In the early 1980s, Carty and John Attenborough worked as chefs at Wildwood Golf and Country Club in Middle Township. The 57-year-old Attenborough was in charge. Carty, then 24, was his assistant.

Attenborough's body was found next to his car near a construction site. Authorities have not said why he may have been killed.

Robert Keating, then a bartender and now general manager at the club, told the Press of Atlantic City for Thursday's newspapers that both men drank heavily. And when he was drinking, Keating said, Attenborough became belligerent and bossed Carty around.

The case was put aside until earlier this year, when it was assigned to a rookie detective.

Keating said it seemed Carty swore off alcohol and became a different man over the years.

He graduated from Atlantic Cape Community College in 1990 and became a registered nurse.

He graduated in 2005 from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, but no record could be located of him ever obtaining a license to practice medicine. The State Medical Board of Ohio said he did not have a license in that state, and that he had been discharged from a training program at Richmond Heights Hospital months after he had been accepted.