Overview

• Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office formally named Lt. Ricardo Jorge Santos of the New Jersey State Police as the suspect and confirmed he died by an apparent suicide in Piscataway.
• Investigators recovered a semiautomatic handgun from the Mercedes SUV where Santos’s body was found and believe it to be the murder weapon.
• Surveillance footage from a rear-facing camera in Lauren Semanchik’s car shows a white Mercedes SUV matching Santos’s vehicle closely following her from Long Valley Animal Hospital to her Franklin Township home.
• Multiple 911 callers reported gunshots and screams near Semanchik’s Upper Kingtown Road residence on August 1, and authorities are examining emergency call logs to pinpoint the events.
• Victims’ families and community groups have launched fundraisers for Lauren Semanchik and Tyler Webb while domestic violence advocates highlight gaps in protective measures as the investigation continues.