Crime & Safety
Woodbridge Couple Found Dead In Murder-Suicide, Prosecutor Says
A couple in their late 70s was found inside their Fords home Friday morning; the husband died of a self-inflicted gunshot, said police.
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A Woodbridge husband and wife were found dead in their homes today, Friday, Dec. 5, according to Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Chris Kuberiet and Director Robert Hubner of the Woodbridge Police Department
The county prosecutor is calling this an apparent murder-suicide.
The 78-year-old man and his 77-year-old wife were found deceased in their home at 17 Kilfoyle Avenue in the Fords section of Woodbridge Township, said the prosecutor.
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Woodbridge police responded to the single-family home at 8:52 a.m. Friday where they found the wife, Joanne Perhacs, 77, deceased with a single gunshot wound to the head.
Her husband, Bertlan Perhacs, 78, was located close by with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, said the prosecutor. Both were pronounced dead at 9:40 a.m.
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Autopsies of both individuals will be conducted by the Middlesex County Medical Examiner.
The investigation is active and is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Michael Barbato of the Woodbridge Police Department at (732) 634-7700, or Detective Deon McCall of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3848.
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