In the heart of Hunterdon County, a void sits in the hearts of many. “Everybody’s devastated,” said Gary Walia, owner of The Pittstown Inn. “Just not the family, but everybody in town.” Walia says Lauren Semanchik used to frequent his restaurant.

Amid the investigation into the double murder-suicide carried out by a New Jersey state trooper, the Franklin Township Police Department has been taken over by the prosecutor’s office.