Candlelight Vigil To Be Held For Somerville Woman Stabbed To Death: PD

SOMERVILLE, NJ — A candlelight vigil will be held on Wednesday night for a young woman who police say died after she was found with stab wounds outside a housing building in Somerville.

The vigil will be held on Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church at 158 West High St. in Somerville.

On Tuesday at around 10:20 p.m., a 911 call reported an injured unresponsive woman located outside of a residential complex on North Bridge Street. Read More: Woman Found Fatally Stabbed Outside Somerville Housing Complex: Police

Somerville Officers found the woman with multiple apparent stab wounds and began life-saving measures at the scene along with responding medical personnel, said Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald.

The woman, whom authorities are only identifying as a 27-year-old Somerville resident was pronounced dead at the scene.

A postmortem examination will be performed by the Medical Examiner's Office to positively identify the victim and to determine the cause and manner of death.

The investigation is ongoing to identify the actor(s) involved along with the motive.

Anyone with information relating to this investigation to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at 908-231-7100 or the Somerville Police Department at 908-725-0331 or via the STOPit app. The STOPit app allows citizens to provide anonymous reports including videos and photos. STOPit can be downloaded to your smart phone for free at the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, access code: SOMERSETNJ.

Information can also be provided through the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477). All anonymous STOPit reports, and Crime Stopper tips will be kept confidential.

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