Fords couple discovered dead in apparent murder-suicide

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WOODBRIDGE – A 78-year-old man and his 77-year-old wife were found deceased in their residence in the Fords section of Woodbridge in an apparent murder-suicide.

Woodbridge police responded to the single-family home at 17 Kilfoyle Ave. at 8:52 a.m. on Dec. 6 when they found Joanne Perhacs with a single gunshot wound to the head, according to a statement provided by Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet and Director Robert Hubner of the Woodbridge Police Department.

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Bertlan Perhacs was located close by his wife with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the statement. 

Both were pronounced dead at 9:40 a.m. on Dec. 6.

Autopsies of both individuals will be conducted by the Middlesex County Medical Examiner.

Anyone with information should call Detective Michael Barbato of the Woodbridge Police Department at 732-634-7700 or Detective Deon McCall of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-3848.

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