Crime & Safety

BREAKING: $10,000 Reward Offered for Tips in the Killing of Rahway Woman

Police are looking for the killer in this morning's murder of Yolanda Vega

Rahway, NJ -- A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the killer of a 35-year-old Rahway woman.

Yolanda Vega, 35 was found dead in her home in the 1900 block of Beacon Street in Rahway at approximately 4 a.m. today, Union County Prosecutor’s Officer report.

Vega was pronounced dead at the scene and an autopsy was scheduled for later Monday.

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This matter remains under active joint investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office’s Homicide Task Force, the Rahway Police Department, and the Union County Sheriff’s Office’s Identification Unit.

Anyone with information about Vega’s death is being urged to contact Homicide Task Force Sgt. Michael Manochio at 908-966-2287 or Detective Daniel Joy at 908-337-0832.

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The Union County Crime Stoppers also are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case; tips can be given anonymously by phone at 908-654-TIPS (8477), via text message by texting “UCTIP” plus a message to 274637 (CRIMES), or online at www.uctip.org.

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