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.