Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking Crime News now. Police in South Brunswick, New Jersey,

respond to a call about an unresponsive woman at home on Route 27. Inside, they find Lauren

Saldana, 38, dead. Ex-boyfriend, 41-year-old Roman Romanovsky, is there, along with their

five-year-old son, he admits to strangling

Saldana in front of her four children. The Middlesex Medical Examiner has yet to release

an official cause of death. Police confirm it's no random act. Nancy, Lauren Saldana had just

welcomed her fourth child into the world. She shared one other child with

Romanovsky and had two more children from previous relationships. A GoFundMe has been set up to assist the

1916, 5-year-old and newborn after the loss of their mother. Salada's five-year-old reportedly witnessed the

murder a trauma no child

should endure. Saldana's oldest daughter Madison says her mother's relationship with Romanovski

was volatile and unhealthy, but Saldana always returned after a breakup because she wanted to see her son.

Madison is now seeking custody of her three younger siblings.

Romanovsky now charged with murder one, two counts child endangerment. Rats invade the

Houston Police Evidence Room, eating seized drugs, jeopardizing nearly 4,000 cases. The infestation

first discovered in October reveals long-standing

issues in a facility which stores 1.2 million pieces of evidence. Some dating back decades.

Rodents eating weed, coke, mushrooms. Efforts to remove the doped-up rats have been challenging.

Only one active case involving mushrooms appears impacted, but to prevent future contamination,

evidence from active cases will be moved to the Houston Forensic Science Center.

More Crime and Justice news after this.

Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, crime online's John Limley.

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