Murder-suicide: Details Released In NJ House Fire July Fourth Weekend

The victims involved in a Hunterdon County house fire apparently died in a murder-suicide, authorities announced.

Kathryn Shern, 70, was identified as one of two victims involved in a Hunterdon County house fire who apparently died in a murder-suicide, authorities announced.
Photo Credit: *Facebook/Kathie Shern*

07/08/2022 3:03 p.m.

Kathryn Shern, 70, and Charles Shern, 71, were found dead of gunshot wounds inside the fire-damaged Whitehouse Station home on Sunday, July 3.

The fire broke out at a home on Flemington-Whitehouse Road just before 6 a.m., DailyVoice.com reported.

The investigation was ongoing. Additional details were not released.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office’s Criminal Investigations Unit at (908) 788-1129 or Readington Township Police Department Detective Phares at (908) 534-4031.

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