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New Jersey Mother Charged With Killing Sons, Ages 5 and 7

She remains jailed pending a detention hearing with the cause and manner of death still under review.

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.