The prosecutor's office got involved after police responded to an address on Munn Avenue of a call of a child not breathing
Newark Police reponded to an address on Munn Avenue Sunday morning, where the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said the death of an 8-year-old boy has been ruled suspicious. NEWARK -- The death of an 8-year-old boy in Newark on Sunday morning has been labelled suspicious and is being investigated by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.
Newark Police said officers responded to an address on Munn Avenue on a report just before 10 a.m. of a child not breathing.
A police spokesman referred questions about the boy's death to Prosecutor Carolyn Murray, whose office confirmed it was handling the case.
"We are investigating the death of an 8-year-old boy on Munn," Kathy Carter, a spokeswoman for Murray, said in an email. "It's considered suspicious now."
Carter could not immediately provide additional details of the incident.
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