Police Investigate Death of Woman in Newark

The woman was found lying in the bushes on a Newark street

Police are investigating the death of an unidentified woman found in Newark early Saturday.

Newark Police found the woman lying in the bushes on South 11 Street at approximately 5 a.m Saturday.
 
She was unresponsive and pronounced dead a short time later.
 
The incident is being investigated by the Essex County Prosecutor's Major Crimes Task Force, according to Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas S. Fennelly of the Prosecutor's Homicide Unit.
 
Anyone with information is asked to contact task force detectives at  (877) 847-7432 or (973) 621-4586.
 
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