Amanda Grace Pulver was 21 when she was killed on the morning of Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Independence Township near Great Meadows, New Jersey. Authorities responded to a shooting on Alphano Road at about 8:19 a.m.; Amanda’s eight-month-old puppy, Dunkin’, was also killed in the incident. Friends and family remember her as a 2021 Hackettstown High School graduate studying business management with plans to work in house flipping, and as someone very devoted to her parents, Darrin and Colleen Pulver, and her two older brothers, Michael and Darrin.

Investigators identified and located 34-year-old Anthony J. Garvin of Netcong later that same morning in Pennsylvania. He was arrested and initially charged with first-degree murder and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Prosecutors later added charges including animal cruelty for Dunkin’s death, aggravated assault for allegedly pointing a firearm at two people, criminal mischief for damage to the home, burglary, and unlawful possession of a weapon. The Warren County Prosecutor’s Office described the act as targeted and said the investigation remains ongoing.

Did anyone in the community know Amanda, her routines, or her connections to Alphano Road who can help with information?