Janill Perez, 35, was shot to death in East Orange in the early hours of November 15, 2023. East Orange police found the Hispanic woman on the 100 block of Springdale Avenue at about 12:55 a.m.; she had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to University Hospital in Newark, where she was pronounced dead at 1:40 a.m. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is investigating and no arrests have been announced.

Born May 17, 1988, to Isaac and Carmen Perez, Janill graduated from J.P. Stevens High School in Edison and was a devoted mother to her daughter Isabelle. Family members described her as a beautiful person inside and out, everyone’s cheerleader whose kindness stayed with those who knew her. Authorities ask anyone with information to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office tips line.

If anyone knew Janill or was in the area that night, can you share what you saw or heard?