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Police Investigating The Death Of A South Carolina Woman

Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 1:45 P.M. ET. 1 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

SAYREVILLE, NJ.- Detectives of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Sayreville Police Department are continuing the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 67-year-old Columbia, South Carolina woman, who was found dead at a Borough apartment complex yesterday morning.

     According to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone, on Monday, August 18, 2025, just shortly after 9:30 a.m., members of the Sayreville Police Department responded to a 911 Emergency Call reporting an unresponsive woman at the Skytop Garden apartments in the Parlin community of Sayreville, New Jersey.

Police Officers Find South Carolina Woman Dead

     Upon arrival, Police Officers Police Officers found the woman, identified as Shirley Thompson, 64, of Columbia, South Carolina, unresponsive. Ms. Thompson was subsequently pronounced deceased at the scene.

     No other information was released by authorities. Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is urged to contact Detective George Lestuck, Jr. of the Sayreville Police Department at (732) 727-4444 or Detective Javier Morillo of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-4272.     

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