Stabbing Death Under Investigation In Union County

ELIZABETH, NJ — Authorities are investigating a fatal stabbing of an Elizabeth man on Sunday morning.

The deceased victim has been identified as 21-year-old Yonatan Alexander Vasquez-Torres of Elizabeth, said Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel, Elizabeth Police Director Earl Graves and Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca.

Elizabeth Police went to the 300 block of Center Street shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday and found Vasquez-Torres with a fatal stab wound, according to the preliminary investigation.

The investigation into the stabbing is being led by the Union County Homicide Task Force and assisted by members of the Elizabeth Police Department and Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit.

Anyone with information about this matter is urged to contact Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force Detective Patrick Bradley at 908-418-2817 or Elizabeth Police Department Detective William Valladares at 908-591-4677.

Tips can also be submitted anonymously by phone at 908-654-TIPS (8477) or online at www.uctip.org; submission of tips made in this fashion that result in an indictment and conviction can be eligible for a reward of up to $10,000 via the Union County Crime Stoppers.

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