ESSEX COUNTY HOMICIDE TASK FORCE INVESTIGATING A THURSDAY MORNING STABBING DEATH
" Police Are Investigating The Fatal Stabbing Of A 55-Year-Old Newark, New Jersey Man."
Sunday, July 2, 2023, 5:03 A.M. ET. By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
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NEWARK, NJ.- Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II reported that Detectives of The Essex County Homicide Task Force and The Newark Police Department are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Fatal Stabbing of a Newark, New Jersey man who was found Dead on Thursday Morning inside a Newark Apartment.
On Thursday, June 30, 2023, at approximately 10:24 a.m., Members of The Newark Police Department responded to a 911 Emergency Call in The 300 Block of Mount Prospect Avenue in Newark on a report of an Unresponsive Man, inside an apartment. Upon arrival, Police Officers found a man, later identified as Oscar Escobar, 55, of Newark, New Jersey having succumbed from an apparent Stab Wound. Mr. Escobar was subsequently pronounced deceased at the scene.
The investigation remains active and ongoing. No Arrests have been made. Anyone with information regarding the Death of Mr. Escobar is urged to contact The Essex County Prosecutor's Office Tips Line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432.
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