Hillsborough Township Police

By Cecilia Levine From Daily Voice

Authorities have identified a husband and wife found dead inside their Hillsborough home following an apparent double homicide.

David Lin and Jean Lin, both 69, were found inside their Cornell Trail residence on Thursday, Sept. 25, according to Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald.

As of press time, authorities had not identified the suspect, however, records show that a 37-year-old man named Patrick Lin is tied to the same address as David and Jean. On Sept. 25, he was charged with criminal attempt-omission step of commission of crime, according to the NJ Courts site.

Police were first called to the home around 4:12 p.m. to conduct a welfare check, and when officers were unable to make contact, they returned at 6:24 p.m. and entered the residence.

While checking the second floor, a man emerged from a bedroom holding a knife and advanced toward officers, McDonald said. Two officers fired their service weapons, striking the man. Officers immediately began lifesaving efforts before the man was taken to a trauma center, where he remains in critical condition.

Inside the home, police found David and Jean Lin dead in separate second-floor bedrooms, McDonald said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Somerset.

A postmortem examination determined the couple died from blunt force injuries to the head, and both deaths were ruled homicides, according to the Northern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office.

Authorities said the killings appear to be an isolated incident, and there is no threat to the public.

A motive and the suspect’s identity have not been released.

The investigation remains ongoing under the direction of the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit, the Hillsborough Township Police Department, and the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability Fatal Police Encounters Unit.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office at 908-231-7100 or the Hillsborough Township Police Department at 908-369-4323. Anonymous tips can also be submitted via the STOPit app using access code SOMERSETNJ, or through the Somerset County Tips Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477).