Man Fatally Stabbed in East Orange: Prosecutor

A 51-year-old man was fatally stabbed in East Orange on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 13, authorities said.

A man was fatally stabbed in East Orange, authorities said.
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10/15/2024 8:21 a.m.

At 11:29 a.m., East Orange police responded to an apartment on the 500 block of Main Street and found William Gilliam with apparent stab wounds, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and East Orange Police Chief Phyllis Bindi said.

Gilliam was pronounced dead soon after, authorities said.

This incident is being investigated by the Prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force, which includes detectives from the East Orange Police Department, authorities said.

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