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Two Found Dead in Lawrence Home in Apparent Murder‑Suicide

The case is being treated as an isolated incident of likely intimate‑partner violence and has prompted an ongoing forensic probe by state and local authorities

Overview

  • Lawrence police went to a Willow Street home after a 911 call and discovered a 41‑year‑old woman and a 45‑year‑old man dead.
  • Essex County prosecutors identified the victims as Yomarys Herrera Marte, 41, and Eddys Caceres Acosta, 45, and described the scene as a murder‑suicide.
  • Officials say Marte is believed to have been stabbed and investigators believe Caceres Acosta was found outside after an apparent jump from an upper‑floor window.
  • State and local police and the Essex County District Attorney’s Office are conducting forensic work and continuing their investigation while next‑of‑kin notifications proceed.
  • Prosecutors called the event isolated, declined to disclose the exact relationship between the two, and provided domestic‑violence and crisis hotline resources for the public.