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Man Fatally Stabbed Girlfriend In Irvington: Prosecutor

A 33-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder in the first degree after fatally stabbing his girlfriend in Irvington on the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 8, authorities said.

Denzel Dozier.

Denzel Dozier.

Photo Credit: Essex County Prosecutor's Office

Irvington police responded to 101 21st Street and found Shanniyya Major, a 32-year-old East Orange woman unresponsive with multiple stab wounds, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. She was transported to University Hospital in Newark where she was pronounced dead, authorities said.

Denzel Dozier also faces weapons charges, authorities said.

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