Au Pair, Employer Dead in Apparent Double Homicide: Sources

An au pair and her employer are dead after an apparent double homicide in New Jersey, law enforcement sources say.

Police responded to a home near Jefferson Avenue and Valley Street in Maplewood after receiving a 911 call shortly after 6 a.m. Saturday, according to law enforcement sources.

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The Essex County chief assistant prosecutor confirmed the incident police responded to is being investigated as a double homicide.

One of the victims was a female au pair, and the second victim was her male employer, law enforcement sources said.

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The sources said the incident isn’t believed to have been a murder-suicide and does not appear to have involved a firearm. 

Police didn’t immediately release the names or ages of the victims. An investigation is ongoing.

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