South Jersey Woman Killed While House Sitting: Prosecutor

A 26-year-old South Jersey woman was killed while house-sitting, authorities said. The body of Shawneeq M. Carter of Camden was found at about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday inside a house in the unit block of Hopkins Street in Woodbury, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.

The Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office and the Woodbury City Police Department are investigating Carter's death.

Carter had been house-sitting for the home's resident, who was not in the Woodbury area when the body was discovered, according to the GCPO.

An autopsy by the Gloucester County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of Carter’s death was blunt-force trauma and the manner of death homicide.

Friends paid tribute to Carter on social media:

Anyone with information about the death is asked to contact Detective Warren Rivell of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office at 856-384-5625 or Detective Carl Villone of the Woodbury City Police Department at 856-845-0065.

Photo courtesy of family and friends of Carter