Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Captain Alan Scherb updated council members and residents.
At Tuesday night's Clark Council meeting, Clark Police Captain and Officer-in-Charge Alan Scherb discussed the homicide investigation into the death of Vera Pecoraro on July 7. Pecoraro was found with her throat slit on a couch in the home she lived in alone on Rolling Hill Way. Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow said at a press conference that the scene showed no sign of forced entry and that investigators believe the attack was targeted and Pecoraro knew her attacker. "As you are aware, two Saturdays ago officers responded to a house on Rolling Hill Way on report of a female deceased in the house," said Scherb. "Upon arrival, officers saw a female deceased on the couch. They did take notice that it did appear to be suspicious in …
Friday, July 13, 2012
Vera Pecoraro, 73, was found dead in her home on Rolling Hill Way.
The Union County Homicide Task Force has been working through the night as they continue their investigation into the death of Vera Pecoraro while also working two other active homicide investigations in the county – the shooting death of a Linden teen and the stabbing of a 17-year-old during a large fight in Rahway. According to the Union County Prosecutor's office, police still have not ruled out anyone as a suspect and the investigation is ongoing. Investigators are also awaiting the results of forensic evidence that was collected from the crime scene. The Prosecutor's Office had no other developments to report at this time. Pecoraro was found Saturday with her throat slit on a couch in the home she lived in alone on Rolling Hill Way. …
Vera Pecoraro, 73, was found dead in her home on Rolling Hill Way.
The Union County Homicide Task Force has been working through the night as they continue their investigation into the death of Vera Pecoraro while also working two other active homicide investigations in the county – the shooting death of a Linden teen and the stabbing of a 17-year-old during a large fight in Rahway. According to the Union County Prosecutor's office, police still have not ruled out anyone as a suspect and the investigation is ongoing. Investigators are also awaiting the results of forensic evidence that was collected from the crime scene. The Prosecutor's Office had no other developments to report at this time. Pecoraro was found Saturday with her throat slit on a couch in the home she lived in alone on Rolling Hill Way. …
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Matthew Dorsi, lawyer for Michael and Theodore Pecoraro, talks with Patch.
Matthew Dorsi, lawyer for Michael and Theodore Pecoraro, says the two are fully cooperating with the investigation into their mother's homicide. Vera Pecoraro was found with her throat slit on Saturday at her home on Rolling Hill Way in Clark. Police say there was no sign of forced entry into the home and they believe she knew her attacker. "They’re beside themselves," Dorsi told Patch. "They're trying to figure out whatever happened to their mother and are assisting the prosecutor's office in any way, shape or form. The family has been devastated by this senseless act and wants nothing more than to bring the person or persons responsible to justice." Dorsi said all three brothers (Anthony Pecoraro is the another of Vera's sons) have …
Visitation will be held Tuesday, funeral Wednesday from Walter J. Johnson Funeral Home in Clark to St. Agnes Church to St. Gertrude Cemetery in Colonia.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
According to the Walter J. Johnson Funeral Home website, services for Vera Pecoraro, the 73-year-old woman found slain in her Rolling Hill Way home on Saturday, will be as follows: Elvira "Vera" J. Pecoraro, 74, of Clark, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, July 7, 2012. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend the Funeral from the Walter J. Johnson Funeral Home, 803 Raritan Rd., Clark, on Wednesday, July 11 at 8:45 am, thence to St. Agnes RC Church, Clark, where a Funeral Mass will be offered at 9:45 am. Entombment will follow in St. Gertrude Cemetery, Colonia. Visiting hours will be on Tuesday, from 6 - 9 pm. Mrs. Pecoraro was born in Newark to Vito and Mary (Venuto) Cuozzo. She has lived in Clark for the past 38 years and …
Monday, July 9, 2012
Prosecutor Theodore Romankow said that authorities believe the incident was a targeted attack and not a robbery.
Here, a release from today's press conference on the homicide investigation into the death of Clark resident Vera Pecoraro, who was found by police on Saturday. Below, other details from the press conference. Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow said that Saturday would have been Clark resident Vera Pecoraro's 74th birthday (born July 7, 1938). She was discovered on her living room floor by her son Anthony after he had not heard from his mother. When police found her, her throat was cut with a serrated knife that was found nearby. Initially, officials had questions about whether or not this might have been a suicide. "That may sound somewhat strange," said Romankow, "however, we’ve had situations where people actually have cut their …
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7:44 am on Tuesday, July 10, 2012
I wonder who else is on the "specifically targeted" list. This sounds like the typical "official" response, another statement by the police to not get the citizens worried that there is a murderer on the loose. We need more details. How can they say this wasn't a robbery at this point in the investigation? It is a bit premature. This sounds like another home invasion with a predator preying on … more ›