Crime & Safety
Woman Found Fatally Stabbed Outside Somerville Housing Complex: Prosecutor
No arrests have been made as of Wednesday, said the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office.
SOMERVILLE, NJ — Authorities are investigating a homicide after a woman was found with multiple stab wounds outside a residential complex in Somerville on Tuesday night, said Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and Somerville Chief of Police Dennis Manning.
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.
Somerville Officers found the woman with multiple apparent stab wounds and began life-saving measures at the scene along with responding medical personnel, said McDonald.
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The woman, whom authorities are only identifying as a 27-year-old Somerville resident was pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives from the Somerville Police Department along with detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit, the Crime Scene Investigations Unit, and Medical Investigators from the New Jersey Northern Regional Medical Examiners Office are investigating.
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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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