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Tragic Discovery in South River: NJ State Trooper and Woman Found Dead During Welfare Check SOUTH RIVER, NJ — A tragic and deeply unsettling incident is under investigation after the bodies of a New Jersey State Police trooper and an unidentified woman were found inside a residence in South River, a borough in Middlesex County. The grim discovery was made during a welfare check requested by concerned individuals who had been unable to reach the occupants. Authorities responded to the property earlier this week after calls about the wellbeing of those inside went unanswered. Upon entry, law enforcement officers discovered the lifeless bodies of Trooper Ricardo Santos and a woman whose identity has not yet been released pending family notification. Trooper Ricardo Santos, a dedicated member of the New Jersey State Police, was reportedly off-duty at the time of the incident. Sources familiar with the investigation say that there were no immediate signs of forced entry, and the nature of t...

The 18-year-old was found dead in her cabin while thousands of other passengers continued their vacation around her, completely unaware that federal investigators would be waiting on the pier the moment the ship reached Miami. Anna Kepner of Titusville, Florida, had boarded the Carnival Horizon with the same excitement every first-time cruiser brings:  a week of warm Caribbean water, late-night shows, and the kind of freedom that feels huge when you’re barely out of high school. But sometime during the voyage, long before the ship eased into port Saturday morning, something went terribly and irreversibly wrong.Crew members discovered Anna unresponsive in her stateroom,  and all attempts to revive her failed. Normally, when someone dies onboard, the case is handled by ship medical staff and local authorities after docking. This time, the FBI stepped in immediately, taking jurisdiction the moment the Horizon made contact with the pier. That decision alone signals that investigat...