Crime & Safety
Woman Found Dead In Old Bridge Home, Being Investigated As Homicide
A relative of the woman found her body Saturday morning inside her Hanna Road home, and called 911, said the county prosecutor.
OLD BRIDGE, NJ — A homicide is under investigation in the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, the Middlesex County Prosecutor's office announced Monday morning.
At 11:05 a.m. this past Saturday, Sept. 17, Old Bridge Police received a 911 call to come to Hanna Lane in Laurence Harbor for a report of an unresponsive woman.
Upon their arrival, officers located Deborah Brown-Hepworth, 65, deceased in her home.
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The 911 call had been made by a relative of the woman's.
The Middlesex County Prosecutor did not immediately release what indicators police found that made this woman's death suspicious, or what led police to investigate this as a homicide.
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This is an active and ongoing investigation anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to call Detective Addie Spinola of the Old Bridge Police Department at (732) 721-5600 X 3181 or Detective Mark Morris of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3927.
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