Authorities seek help in identifying three individuals in connection with stabbing

NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara are seeking help from the public to identify three individuals in connection with a stabbing homicide, according to an April 8 press release.

These individuals have not been charged with a crime. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is seeking to contact them regarding the Oct. 10, 2020, murder of Mario Esquivel Lopez, 28, of Newark. Lopez was fatally stabbed on the 400 block of 4th Avenue in Newark.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force tips line at 1-877-847-7432. Calls will be kept confidential.