'Suspicious' Death Of Woman In Leisure Village Probed: Prosecutor

LAKEWOOD, NJ — Authorities are investigating the death of a Lakewood woman whose body was found in a home in Leisure Village, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday.

The identity of the woman, whose body was found Tuesday when authorities conducted a wellness check at the home on Thornbury Court, in the original Leisure Village community, has not been released.

"This is a suspicious death and this remains an active and ongoing investigation," Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. "There is no danger to the public and more information will be released when it becomes available."

Leisure Village is a gated, age-restricted community, with a security guard at the main gate.

Billhimer said the prosecutor’s office Major Crime Unit, Lakewood police and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit are investigating.

Anyone with information concerning about the investigation and the woman's death is urged to call Detective Olga Brylevskaya of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-929-2027 or Detective Matthew Richardson of the Lakewood Township Police Department at 732-363-0200.