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Homicide Investigation Underway for Person Found Dead Inside Newark North Ward Building

Newark

The Essex County Prosecutor's Office has taken over the investigation of a person found dead inside a building in Newark's North Ward on Saturday morning.

According to preliminary reports, police were called to a large building located in the 60's block of Garside Street -at Victoria Avenue- to investigate reports of suspicious activities just before 1:05 a.m.

Units arrived to find an unconscious and unresponsive person inside the building who was pronounced dead a short time later.

Investigators combed the area for evidence to support the motive for the incident while they also questioned several males who appeared to be homeless and may have been sleeping inside the building.

According to on the scene reports, the building appeared to be unoccupied.

The Essex County Prosecutor's Office crime scene unit taped off the area for the investigation. There are no reports of what caused the person's death at this time.

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