Murder-Suicide: NJ police Lieutenant Accused Of Killing Ex-Girlfriend & Her Boyfriend In Murder-Suicide

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Dr. Lauren Semanchik and Tyler Webb

A New Jersey State Police lieutenant, who also served on Gov. Phil Murphy’s security detail, is accused of following his ex-girlfriend home from work Friday evening and fatally shooting her and her new boyfriend.

The shootings happened near a residence in the Pittstown section of Franklin Township. Dr. Lauren Semanchik, 33, a veterinarian, and Tyler Webb, 29, a firefighter, were found dead Saturday from apparent gunshot wounds, the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release.

State Police Lt. Ricardo Jorge Santos is accused of shooting Semanchik and Webb before he killed himself, prosecutors said. He was found dead in a white Mercedes SUV parked in Piscataway. A gun was in the vehicle, the release said.

The Middlesex County Medical Examiner’s Office preliminarily determined his death to be a suicide.

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On Saturday, Dr. Lauren Semanchik, 33, and her boyfriend, Tyler Webb, 29, were found shot to death outside the woman's home in Franklin Township – a suburb of the New York City metro area.

Meanwhile, just seven miles away in nearby Piscataway, New Jersey State Trooper Sgt. 1st Class Ricardo Santos was found dead in a white Mercedes SUV outside of a park – from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, prosecutors said in a press release.

Law enforcement are now admittedly closing the book of formal justice – but provided pages of information about the "targeted act."


"Considering the suspect's subsequent suicide, we recognize that many questions remain, and healing will take time," Henderson County Prosecutor Renee Robeson said in a statement. "While justice in the legal sense may not proceed, our commitment to supporting survivors and preventing future tragedies remains unwavering."

Semanchik, who worked at the Long Valley Animal Hospital, and Webb, a mechanic with the Pinewald Pioneer Fire Company, only "recently began dating," according to the prosecutor's office.

Semanchik had broken up with Santos in September 2024. Being dumped, however, did not end things for the state trooper.

"Semanchik alleged that Santos engaged in continued harassing and controlling behavior," the press release reads. "As a result, it appeared to detectives that Santos may have been involved in the homicides."

That investigative hint was already in hand when Santos' body was found next to a semiautomatic handgun. Middlesex County officials determined the death to be a suicide, the prosecutor's office said.

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Veterinarian and firefighter killed by jealous state trooper ex-boyfriend in 'targeted act'

An investigative hint – regarding the ex's jealousy – was already in hand when police found the state trooper's dead body next to a semiautomatic handgun.

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This poor woman, she has a really kind face. He probably escalated to this with increasingly aggressive behavior before and who could she call? He’s a cop! Such a horrible situation with the worst possible outcome.