Ongoing Death Investigation in Somerville on Brookside Avenue

SOMERVILLE, N.J. – Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Meredith McKay and Somerville Chief of Police Dennis Manning announce an on-going death investigation.

Prosecutor McDonald stated that on Thursday, August 6, 2026, at approximately 7:26 p.m. Somerville Police responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting concerns for the welfare of a female resident of Brookside Avenue in Somerville, N.J. Responding Officers located the female victim with multiple lacerations to her chest, neck and thigh. The female victim, whom authorities are only identifying as a 46-year-old Somerville resident was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Prosecutor McDonald stated that detectives from the Somerville Police Department along with detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit, Crime Scene Investigations Unit, and Medical Investigators from the New Jersey Northern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office responded to the scene to conduct the investigation. A postmortem examination will be performed by the Medical Examiner’s Office to positively identify the victim and to determine the cause and manner of death. The investigation is on-going to identify the actor(s) involved along with motive.

Prosecutor McDonald, Chief McKay, and Chief Manning request anyone with information relating to this investigation to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at
(908) 231-7100 or the Somerville Police Department at (908) 725 0331 or via the STOPit app. The STOPit app allows citizens to provide anonymous reports including videos and photos.
STOPit can be downloaded to your smart phone for free at the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, access code: SOMERSETNJ. Information can also be provided through the Somerset
County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477) or SCPO.TIPS. All anonymous STOPit reports, and Crime Stopper tips will be kept confidential.

NOTE: The following information is based on a preliminary and ongoing investigation, which continues to evolve as investigators interview witnesses, review physical and electronic records, and analyze forensic evidence. The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office’s understanding of the facts and circumstances may change as additional evidence is collected and analyzed.

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