A 61-year-old New Jersey insurance executive, David Grodnick, has been identified as the man who shot his wife and daughter before taking his own life at their home in Montgomery Township.
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According to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office, David, his 62-year-old wife, Lora Grodnick, and their 24-year-old daughter, Sloane Grodnick, were found with gunshot wounds to the head at the family’s home on October 2.
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Investigators determined that Lora and Sloane died in homicides, while David’s death was ruled a suicide. Authorities have not disclosed how long the three had been dead before they were discovered.
The investigation began on October 1 after police received a request to conduct a welfare check on the residents. Officers were unable to locate anyone at the property, prompting further inquiries into the family’s whereabouts.
Police eventually gained entry into the home shortly before 6 p.m. the following day, where they discovered the three bodies.
Lora and Sloane were found in separate bedrooms, while David was discovered elsewhere inside the home with a gun still in his hand, prosecutors said.
The three family members were pronounced dead at the $1.75 million property.
“The investigation, which remains ongoing, has yielded that the homicide de@ths of both Lora and Sloane Grodnick were an isolated incident and there are no threats to the public from this tragic occurrence,” Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said on Tuesday, October 6.
David Grodnick was a senior vice president and underwriting counsel for Land Services USA, a Philadelphia-based insurance agency that works on commercial real estate transactions across the country, according to the Montgomery News.
He earned a degree in business administration from the University of Miami and a BA in English from McDaniel College, where he also played lacrosse.
His daughter, Sloane, attended The Hun School, a private boarding school in Princeton, before graduating from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She was pursuing a master’s degree at the Rhode Island School of Design.
The family had previously lived in Princeton before moving to Montgomery Township. They were also members of the Bedens Brook Country Club in Skillman and TPC Jasna Polana, a private club in Princeton.
The circumstances surrounding the deaths remain under investigation, although authorities have said there is no ongoing threat to the public.