Background: Shell Court in Hillsborough Township, N.J. (Google Maps). Inset: Priyatharsini Natarajan (Somerset County Prosecutor”s Office).

Priyatharsini Natarajan, aged 35, was apprehended on Tuesday after her husband returned from work to find their sons, just 5 and 7 years old, unresponsive. According to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office, the husband immediately dialed 911 upon his shocking discovery. He reportedly informed emergency dispatchers that his sons appeared “unconscious” and implicated his wife, saying she had “done something to them.”

Emergency responders rushed to the scene and made efforts to revive the boys, but tragically, they were pronounced dead at the location.

The Hillsborough Township Police Department took Natarajan into custody and transported her to the prosecutor’s office for further questioning. While the investigation remains active, authorities have identified Natarajan as the individual responsible for her sons’ deaths.

Officers from the Hillsborough Township Police Department detained Natarajan and transported her to the prosecutor’s office. While authorities stated that the case is still being investigated, Natarajan was named as the person who “caused the deaths” of her sons.

The medical examiner plans to conduct autopsies of the boys before releasing the cause and manner of their deaths. Details about how the boys were found were not provided.

Natarajan was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. She is being held at the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing.

While the identities of the two boys were not released by the medical examiner ahead of their autopsies, local CBS affiliate WCBS spoke to Hillsborough Township Superintendent Mike Volpe, who confirmed that the two boys were students at Sunnymead Elementary School. He described the boys’ deaths as an “unfathomable loss,” adding, “There are no words to adequately capture the weight of this tragedy, and our hearts are with the families and the entire Sunnymead community as they grieve.”

Volpe told WCBS that he was at the elementary school on Wednesday morning, where the staff and educators are standing by to provide support for students. WCBS reported that the school brought in crisis response teams and counselors.