Overview
- Police say the boys’ father called 911 around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday after arriving at the Hillsborough home and reporting his wife had done something to the children.
- Officers found the two boys unresponsive in a bedroom, and despite life-saving efforts they were pronounced dead at the scene.
- Prosecutors allege Priyatharsini Natarajan, 35, caused the deaths, though the Northern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the official cause and manner.
- Natarajan faces two counts of first-degree murder and a third-degree weapons charge and is being held at the Somerset County Jail.
- Authorities say the investigation is ongoing, the children’s names are being withheld pending identification, and they are urging tips to county prosecutors or Hillsborough police.