UPDATE: Tasneem Diwan was arrested and charged in her mother-in-law's death. DETAILS HERE
Police searched for a distraught missing woman for days after they found her 73-year-old mother-in-law bludgeoned to death inside a home on a quiet South Jersey cul-de-sac lined with large houses.
Mercer County Prosecutors asked for the public to call police immediately if they spot Tasneem Diwan or her green 200 Nissan Quest with New Jersey license plate JYY16P.
East Windsor Township officers were called to Diwan’s home along Mozart Court around 7:30 p.m. Once inside they found Safia Diwan beaten to death in a front office, said prosecutors.
There appeared to be no forced entry into the home. Police said that Diwan could have information important to their investigation into her mother-in-law's death.
An autopsy revealed that Safia Diwan died from blunt force trauma to the head, said prosecutors.
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Investigators ask anyone with information about the death, or Diwan’s whereabouts, to call the county homicide task force at 609-610-6694, the East Windsor police at 609-448-5678 or to call the tip line 609-278-8477. Tips can also be texted to 274637 using “TCSTIPS” to start the message.
