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Son Finds Mom, 37, Stabbed Dead In Edison, Prosecutor Says
A 37-year-old man from Edison was charged in the fatal stabbing of a woman he knew, authorities said.
Joan Franklin Polanco, 37, was detained by NYPD hours after the Sunday, July 21 stabbing, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan.
Lizbeth Benitez-Rivera, 37, of Edison, was found with multiple stab wounds by her son, they said.
Benitez-Rivera was pronounced dead at the scene.
At about 4:40 p.m., Edison police received a 911 call reporting a stabbing on Horizon Drive.
The investigation determined that Polanco …
South Jersey Man Admits To Killing Mother In His Second Attack On Her: Prosecutors
A Mays Landing man admitted to killing his mother when he stabbed her for the second time in about nine years, authorities said.
Sean Daly, 53, pleaded guilty on Friday, July 12 to first-degree murder, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release on Monday, July 15. He was indicted on Wednesday, May 22 in the death of his 74-year-old mother Melba Daly, who was also from Mays Landing.
Township of Hamilton police responded to a 911 call at a home on Quinn Avenue at around 11:38 a.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 20. When officers arrived, they found Melba Daly dead …
