NJ woman stabbed to death by husband in front of kids

A Central New Jersey antheral has been arrested for the fatal stabbing of his woman successful the beingness of kids aboriginal Saturday morning, authorities said.

Police responded to a 911 telephone astatine a residence connected Bertrand Ave. successful Perth Amboy conscionable earlier 3 a.m., according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.

When officers arrived astatine the home, they recovered a antheral and a pistillate lying connected the room floor.

The man, aboriginal identified arsenic Wellinton Leonardo, was located with undisclosed injuries and taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital for treatment, constabulary said.

The woman, identified arsenic 40-year-old Rosana Rodriguez, was rushed to Raritan Bay Medical Center with evident stab wounds and was aboriginal pronounced dead.

Investigators determined the 2 were married, adding the incidental had not been a random enactment of violence.

Leonardo was arrested and charged with 1 number of first-degree murder, 2 weapons-related offenses, and 1 number of second-degree endangering the payment of a kid due to the fact that the alleged stabbing took spot successful the beingness of children, NJ.com reported.

Authorities did not accidental however the children were related to the couple.

Anyone with accusation astir the incidental is urged to telephone Det. Danny Hernandez of the Perth Amboy Police Department astatine (732) 324-3805 oregon Det. Michelle Coppola of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office astatine (732) 745-3477.

Perth Amboy, a metropolis of astir 55,000 successful northeastern Middlesex County, is located astir 30 miles southbound of Lower Manhattan.