Crime & Safety

Mercer County Murder Victim Identified

Police have also determined that the woman was murdered.

The death of a Hamilton Township woman whose body was found on Tuesday has been ruled a homicide.

The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office identified the woman as 38-year-old Jessica Prusik on Wednesday morning. An autopsy conducted Tuesday afternoon concluded that she was murdered.

Prusik’s body was found in a weeded area in Roebling Park off of Sewell Street around 9:10 a.m.

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Anyone with information is asked to call the Mercer County Homicide Task Force at 609-989-6406 or the Hamilton police tipline at 609-581-4008.

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