Wife, Husband Die In Marlboro Murder-Suicide, Prosecutor Rules

MARLBORO, NJ — A married couple in their 60s who were found dead in their Marlboro home earlier this week appear to have died in a murder-suicide, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced Thursday.

Marlboro police went to the home of Priscilla and Felino Badua Jr. on Albermarle Drive after receiving a request for a welfare check at approximately 2:24 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6, the prosecutor said.

Responding officers found the victim, Priscilla Badua, 68, and her husband, Felino Badua, Jr., 66, both dead, the prosecutor's office said.

An autopsy conducted by the Middlesex County Medical Examiner’s Office revealed that the manner of death for the wife was murder and for the husband was suicide, the prosecutor said.

No other information was provided about the deaths.

Since Tuesday, no information about the police activity at the home was available, pending release of the information by the prosecutor's office. But Marlboro police assured residents earlier this week in an online post that there was no threat to the public.

Anyone with information about the matter should contact Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office Det. Joshua Rios at 800-533-7443 or Marlboro Police Department Det. Michael Pecoraro at 732-536-0100.