MAYS LANDING – The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Somers Point Police Department are investigating a homicide in Somers Point.
They are conducting a “cooperative investigation” into the homicide of Somers Point resident 67-year-old Somers Hickman, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced Wednesday, April 1.
In a press release, a spokesperson for the prosecutor said Somers Point Police were called to a residence on Chapman Avenue in Somers Point at 9:55 p.m. Monday, March. 30. They were asked by neighbors to do a welfare check.
“Upon arrival, officers located 67-year-old Somers Hickman deceased in the home. Somers Point Police contacted the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and a cooperative investigation ensued,” the release said.
“On March 31, 2020, an autopsy of Hickman was conducted and the pending cause of death is determined to be blunt force trauma and the pending manner of death is homicide,” the prosecutor’s office reported.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call the Atlantic County Prosecutors Office Major Crimes Unit at (609) 909-7800 or go to the Prosecutor’s Office Web site at http://www.acpo.org/tips.html and provide information by filling out the form anonymously on the Submit a Tip page. People can also call Crime Stoppers at (609) 652-1234 or (1-800) 658-8477 (TIPS) or visit the Crime Stoppers Website at http://www.crimestoppersatlantic.com/. Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards for information leading to the arrest and indictment of those who commit crimes in Atlantic County.