According to prosecutors, after police were called to a welfare check at a New Jersey mansion, officers learned that a man had shot both his wife and daughter in the head before committing suicide.
Family members identified david grodnik, Lora Grodnik and his daughter Sloane Grodnik On Tuesday, October 6, News release Shared by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.
Prosecutors began an investigation after authorities were unable to reach Grodnicks when visiting his home located off Wild Azalea Lane in Montgomery Township on Thursday, Oct. 1, the same day a welfare check was requested, prosecutors said.
When officers entered the home the following evening, Friday, October 2, they found the bodies of 62-year-old Lora and 24-year-old Sloane in two separate bedrooms, according to the prosecutor’s office. There were bullet wounds on his head.
Police found David, 61, dead in another area of the home, prosecutors said. His death was considered a suicide.
“The investigation, which is still ongoing, has revealed that the murders of both Lora and Sloane Grodnick were an isolated incident and that this tragic incident poses no threat to the public,” the prosecutor’s office said in the news release. “No further information will be available for release at this time.”
According to his LinkedIn page, David is the director of real estate title insurance agency Land Services USA, Inc. Was an executive for. He held the position of Senior Vice President and Underwriting Counsel.
According to court documents, he and his wife purchased their Montgomery Township home in June 2021 for approximately $1.3 million. patch.com.
The six-bedroom, five-bedroom mansion is now worth more than $1.7 million, according to Zillow estimates.
Lori, a former Princeton resident, was involved with Beddens Brook Country Club in Montgomery Township and TPC Jasna Polana, a private country club that features a golf course in Princeton, according to her neighbors. montgomery news Informed.
According to the newspaper, Sloane was enrolled in a master’s program at the Rhode Island School of Design after graduating from Savannah College of Art in Design in 2024. Before college, he attended the Hun School of Princeton.
Authorities have not given any reason for the murder-suicide.
The Prosecutor’s Office encourages anyone with information about Grodnick’s death to contact the office’s Major Crimes Unit at (908) 231-7100 or the Montgomery Police Department at (908) 359-3222.
Montgomery Township is about a five-mile drive north of Princeton.