May 21, 2008 10:30 pm US/Eastern
College Student Found Dead At Jersey Shore
SOMERS POINT, N.J. (CBS 3) ―
Police are investigating the murder of a young college student who was found dead in her Atlantic County apartment.
Tanisha Hull, 19, was found dead inside her apartment at the Carriage House Apartments in Somers Point after management called police to check on the victim's status.
Officers discovered Tull dead inside a bedroom in the complex on the 100 block of New Road at about 4:45 p.m. Tuesday.
An autopsy concluded Tull's cause of death was asphyxia due to strangulation. An acquaintance, 22-year-old Najee Kelsey, of Atlantic City, has been charged with her murder.
Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel alleges the victim and suspect had an argument prior to her death.
"We allege he entered the apartment against her will. At some point thereafter, strangled her to death and fled," said Housel.
Tull was a nursing student at Atlantic Cape Community College. Dean of Students Carmen Royal released the following statement: "We are deeply saddened at the loss of our student Tanisha Tull. On behalf of Atlantic Cape Community College, we extend our deepest sympathies to her family and friends."
Kelsey has been charged with murder and is being held in Atlantic County jail on $750,000 full cash bail. He is scheduled to be arraigned for a judge Thursday morning.
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