Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino and Montclair Police Chief Todd M. Conforti announced today that the Montclair Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force are investigating a fatal stabbing.
Police say at approximately 6 a.m. today a female was stabbed outside a home on Hartley Street in Montclair.
Authorities identified the woman as Ms. Akirah Townes, 20, of Orange.
EMS transported Townes to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson where doctors pronounced her dead at 6:42 a.m.
Police say at this time, no arrests have been made.
The investigation is active an ongoing.