Coworker Allegedly Ambushed, Killed, N.J. Woman at Her Apartment When She Went on Her Lunch Break

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A male coworker of the 26-year-old New Jersey woman who was found dead in her apartment in June after never returning from her lunch break has been charged with murder.

Byington, 26,was found dead in her Plainsboro apartmenton June 10, after coworkers asked police to check on her. Earlier in the day, Byington went home from work for her lunch break. When she never returned to work, coworkers became worried.

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Saal then allegedly waited for Byington at her apartment and attacked her once she got inside,according to NJ.com.

Saal was connected to the slaying after his DNA “could not be excluded” as a match to evidence found under Byington’s fingernails, according to the complaint. NJ.com reports Saal stabbed Byington to death.

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Byington grew up in Basking Ridge and in 2015 graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.

In her obituary, Byington’s familyasks donations be madeto Weill Cornell Medicine’s Chiari Research.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is urged to call Detective Tim McMahon at 609-799-2333 ext. 1627, or Detective David Abromaitis of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-4436.

Attorney information for Saal was not available Friday.

source: people.com