By: Najla Alexander
Authorities in Atlantic County announced that on Monday, December 2, at approximately 1:54 a.m., the Pleasantville Police Department responded to 132 Edgewater Avenue, Pleasantville, after receiving a 911 call regarding an unresponsive female, later identified as Leslianet Quintana Betancourt, 25, from Pleasantville.
Atlantic County officials stated that upon arrival, medical personnel transported Quintana Betancourt to the Atlantic City Medical Center, where she was subsequently pronounced deceased.
The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office’s Major Crimes Unit responded to the scene and conducted the investigation in conjunction with the Pleasantville Police Department, police say.
Pleasantville Police said the investigation revealed that Quintana-Bentancourt died because of multiple blunt-force injuries.
As a result of the investigation, Quintana-Betancourt’s live-in boyfriend, Boris Lainez Rosales, 26, was arrested in connection with her death, according to Atlantic County authorities.
Lainez-Rosales was charged with Murder and Tampering with Physical Evidence, officials stated.
Lainez-Rosales was lodged in the Atlantic County Justice Facility.