By: Najla Alexander
Authorities in Hudson County announced that the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit has charged two men in connection with the death of a male in Union City on November 14, 2024.
Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez stated that Gerson Vasquez, 26, and Antonio Santiago-Jiminez, 34, both of Union City, are each charged with Murder and Endangering an Injured Victim.
Vasquez was arrested by members of the Homicide Unit in Perth Amboy on March 6, according to HCPO officials.
Hudson County officials say that Santiago-Jiminez was arrested by members of the Union City Police Department on Bergenline Avenue in Union City on March 8, 2025.
Both are being detained at the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
According to Hudson County authorities, at approximately 11 a.m., on November 14, 2024, the Union City Police Department was notified of an unresponsive male behind a building on 23rd Street.
Responding officers located a lifeless male – later identified as Reynaldo Gonzalez, 56 – and he was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 11:30 a.m., HCPO officials said.
HCPO authorities stated that on Wednesday, November 26, 2024, the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office determined the Cause of Death to be Complications of Blunt Force Injuries and the Manner to be Homicide.
Following the Medical Examiner’s report, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit formally assumed control of the investigation, Hudson County officials said.