21-Year-Old Stabbed To Death In Union Co., Investigation Underway

UNION COUNTY, NJ — One person has died following a fatal stabbing over the weekend in Elizabeth, authorities announced Monday.

According to the Union County Prosecutor's Office, police in Elizabeth responded to the 300 block of Center Street shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday in response to a report of an injured man.

After arriving on scene, officers found Yonatan Alexander Vasquez-Torres, 21, of Elizabeth. They said he'd been fatally stabbed.

It was not immediately known what led up to the stabbing or if there are currently any persons of interest in the case.

The Union County Homicide Task Force is leading the investigation into the fatal stabbing. The Elizabeth Police Department and Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit is assisting the task force.

Anyone with information about this case is urged to contact Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force Detective Patrick Bradley at 908-418-2817 or Elizabeth Police Department Detective William Valladares at 908-591-4677.

Tips can also be submitted anonymously by phone at 908-654-TIPS (8477) or online at www.uctip.org; submission of tips made in this fashion that result in an indictment and conviction can be eligible for a reward of up to $10,000 via the Union County Crime Stoppers.