N.J. Mom Gave Birth 3 Weeks Ago. Then She Was Killed in Front of Her Children: Police [Video]

A New Jersey family is in mourning after a 38-year-old mother was allegedly slain by her ex-boyfriend, just weeks after welcoming her fourth child.

Lauren Saldana was found dead in a South Brunswick Township, N.J., home by responding officers on Thursday, Jan. 9, the township police said in a statement last week.

Authorities promptly arrested 41-year-old Roman Romanovskiy in connection with the killing, per the statement.

Romanovskiy was Saldana’s ex-boyfriend, her daughter, Madison Saldana, told News 12. The couple shared two children together.

Lauren’s three other children were aged 19, 15, and 5, per a a GoFundMe set up to assist them. She had just given birth to her fourth child three weeks before her death, per the fundraising appeal.

According to an affidavit cited by NJ.com, Romanovskiy was present when police arrived at the location. He was there with the couple’s 5-year-old, who witnessed the murder, according to the GoFundMe appeal.

“He is now faced with trauma no child …