Lakewood NJ house investigated; neighbors report two children died
Police investigators surrounded a house near the intersection of Rockbridge Road and Shenandoah Drive in Lakewood, where neighbors said two children died.
LAKEWOOD – A 27-year-old Lakewood mother has been accused of murdering her two small children, stabbing and drowning them, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office announced.
Naomi Elkins was charged with two counts of murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.
At 4:50 p.m. Tuesday, Lakewood police responded to report of two children in cardiac arrest at a home on Shenandoah Drive, the prosecutor’s office announced. There they found Hatzolah Medical Services on the scene attempting to save the lives of the two children, ages 1 and 3. But their efforts fell short, and both children were pronounced dead at the scene.
Police investigated and concluded the 1-year-old child had been stabbed and both children were drowned, the prosecutor’s office said. They concluded Elkins had murdered both her children and took her into custody without incident. She was taken to Ocean County Jail, and will remain there until a detention hearing.
Billhimer credited the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Lakewood Township Police Department, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit and Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office for their work at the scene.
Multiple officers could be seen Tuesday night at the home at the northeast side of the intersection of Shenandoah Drive and Rockbridge Road. Crime scene tape could be seen along the entire corner, extending from the front of the house on Shenandoah to Rockbridge. A playground can be seen adjacent to the home.
Investigators could be seen coming and going through a rear side door, facing the intersection. They were seen removing a number of boxes and bags from the home and packing them into a Sheriff’s Office vehicle.
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