Man killed ex-girlfriend, then dumped her body in Jersey City: authorities

By Caitlin Mota | The Jersey Journal
on May 01, 2017 at 7:46 AM, updated May 01, 2017 at 9:04 AM

JERSEY CITY -- A 51-year-old Bergen Avenue resident has been identified as the woman found wrapped in blankets on the sidewalk in the Heights Saturday morning, officials said.

Albanelis Vidal De Larosa was pronounced dead at the scene after she was found in front of 79-81 Reservoir Ave. Her ex-boyfriend has been charged with murder in connection with her death, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced Monday morning.

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By Ron Zeitlinger | The Jersey Journal
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on April 29, 2017 at 9:27 AM, updated April 29, 2017 at 11:40 AM

JERSEY CITY -- A body was found wrapped in a bag on a Jersey City street this morning, a witness to the initial investigation said.

The body was found on Reservoir Avenue, near Lienau Place, some time around 8:45 a.m., said Joe Shine, a freelance photographer for The Jersey Journal who is at the scene.

Later this morning the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office confirmed the fatality.
Residents in the area speaking to The Jersey Journal said the victim was a woman. It is unclear how old she was.

"(The body) was in a brown -- almost like a blanket," said Allan Dauber, a resident of Prospect Avenue who noticed police on the scene at 8:30 a.m. "It was all tied up and right on the curb. Like somebody put it out for garbage."

The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office and Jersey City police are there investigating. Details on the person's death were not immediately available.

Residents said they could only hear thunder and lighting last night, and heard nothing else out of the ordinary.

"Who dumps a body on a busy residential street? It's very peculiar," said Alessandra Rafferty, a resident of Reservoir Avenue. "It's quiet around here on weekend mornings, but someone is up... people work night jobs."

Hours earlier, a man was shot fatally shot on Ocean Avenue, a source said. The HCPO confirmed that the man was found with gunshot wounds after a crash at Jersey Avenue and Grand Street.

If determined to be homicides, the two fatalities would be the seventh and eighth in Jersey City this year and ninth and 10th in the county in 2017.

Journal staff writer Corey McDonald contributed to this report.