Woman Fatally Stabbed In Woodbridge, Man Charged

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A woman was fatally stabbed last Thursday morning in the Iselin section of Woodbridge, announced the Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Woodbridge Police Director Joseph Nisky.

An Iselin man was charged with her death. The two were romantically involved, said a spokeswoman for the prosecutor.

At 9:56 a.m. Oct. 30 Woodbridge Police received a 911 call reporting an argument. Upon their arrival, authorities discovered Marianne Straley, 63, of Iselin, with multiple stab wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Roosevelt Oglesby, 63, of Iselin, was arrested without incident and charged with first-degree murder and illegal weapons charges for the knife police say he used. The man and woman knew each other, authorities said.

He is being held at the Middlesex County jail.

This is an active and ongoing investigation, anyone with information is asked to call Detective Eric Manresa of the Woodbridge Police Department at 732-602-7338 or Detective Olivia Ankudowicz of the Middlesex County Prosecutors Office at 732-745-8083.