20-year-old woman fatally stabbed outside Montclair home

NEWARK — A woman was stabbed to death outside a home in Montclair, N.J.  early Friday morning, officials confirm. Akirah Townes, 20, of Orange, was found around 6 a.m. outside the residence on Hartley Street in Montclair, according to acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino and Montclair Police Chief Todd M. Conforti. Townes was transported to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson where she was pronounced dead at 6:42 a.m. Since news of Townes’ death broke, her Facebook page […]