NJ Mom Charged With Murder Of Child, Infant

MONTGOMERY, NJ — A mother was charged in connection with the deaths of her two young children after they were found bound and restrained in their car seats in Hillsborough on Tuesday, said Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson.

Yuhwei Chou,36, Skillman, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder of her seven-year-old daughter Samantha Ross and 10-month-old son Paul Ross, said Robertson.

On Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 7:41 a.m., a 911 call reported a disabled motor vehicle that had left the roadway on Mountain View Road in Hillsborough.

Chou and two children were seen secured in a booster seat and a baby seat in the back seat of the vehicle, said Robertson.

Officers saw that the children were bound and restrained. No vital signs were present on the children and they were pronounced dead at the scene, said Robertson.

The children were identified as Chou's biological children. Chou was found to have caused the deaths of her two children Samantha and Paul following an investigation by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit, the Crime Scene Investigations Unit, Hillsborough Township Police, Montgomery Township Police, and Investigators from the New Jersey Northern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office.

The circumstances that led to the deaths of the two children are under investigation by authorities.

No motive has been released. An autopsy for the cause and manner of death will be performed by the Medical Examiner’s Office.

Chou will be sent to the Somerset County Jail pending a bail detention hearing following a medical clearance from an area hospital.

Anyone with information relating to the homicides is asked to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at 908-231-7100, or the Hillsborough Township
Police Department at 908-369-4323 or via the STOPit app.

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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