Man Fatally Stabs 2 At New Brunswick Park, Then Kills Himself: Police

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A young man and woman were stabbed to death Saturday night in New Brunswick, and the man suspected of killing them later committed suicide, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and New Brunswick Police Director Anthony Caputo.

At 11:30 p.m. Saturday New Brunswick Police received a call of a stabbing at Feaster Park.

Police responded and found two bodies in the area of Handy Street and Throop Avenue: Gabriela De La Cruz Camero, 22, of New Brunswick, was found alive with multiple stab wounds.

She was rushed to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.

A man, Jesus Antonio-Salazar, 25, also of New Brunswick, was found near the park, also with multiple stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The man and woman knew each other.

While investigating their deaths, New Brunswick Police received a 911 call several hours later, at 2:13 a.m. reporting that a man was found unconscious at 7 Pine Street. Upon arrival, officers located the body of Eduardo Mateo Lorenzo, 26, of New Brunswick, deceased by an apparent suicide.

The prosecutor did not say how he died.

Police say Mateo Lorenzo was the alleged perpetrator in the deaths of Camero and Antonio-Salazar. All three knew each other and there is no threat to the community.

Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to call Detective Gregus of the New Brunswick Police Department at 732-745-5217 or Detective Rosario the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-3289.

This initial investigation was done by New Brunswick Police Detective Brandt Gregus and Detective Jose Rosario of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.