Crime & Safety

New Details On Old Bridge Murder-Suicide: Stabbings Kill 2 At Senior Housing Complex

The suspected murder-suicide​ occurred in the Old Bridge Rotary Senior Housing on Ticetown Road.

The man and woman lived together in the Old Bridge Rotary Senior Housing, a public housing building on Ticetown Road.
The man and woman lived together in the Old Bridge Rotary Senior Housing, a public housing building on Ticetown Road. (Google Earth)

OLD BRIDGE, NJ — A man found dead in Old Bridge Tuesday is suspected of killing the woman who lived with him, and then killing himself, said a spokeswoman for Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone, whose office is currently investigating this as a murder-suicide.

The suspected murder-suicide occurred in the Old Bridge Rotary Senior Housing on Ticetown Road, where the bodies of a man and a woman were both found dead Tuesday, from stab wounds.

Old Bridge Police arrived at the scene on 11:42 a.m. Tuesday after the building manager called 911 for a welfare check of the couple.

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Inside the apartment, police found the bodies of a man, Jamie Nowakowska, 63, and a woman, Nancy Misura, 54. Both were dead from apparent stab wounds. Law enforcement officials suspect Nowakowska stabbed her, killing her, before fatally stabbing himself.

The man and woman lived in the apartment together, but a spokeswoman for the prosecutor said she did know if they were married.

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"The matter is being investigated as a homicide/suicide pending the results from the autopsy," said the prosecutor's office.

Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to call Detective Jessica Nierodzik of the Old Bridge Police Department at 732-721-5600, ext. 3203 or Detective Javier Morillo the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-8843.

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