Search On For Person Of Interest In Murder Of Jersey City Woman, 81

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- Surveillance video was released Monday showing a person of interest in the slaying of an 81-year-old woman in her Jersey City home earlier this month.

Around 10:30 a.m. Feb. 7, officers found the body of Luclia Cardenas-Viejo on the living room floor of her home on Lexington Avenue in Jersey City, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor's office.

She had suffered multiple sharp-force injurie, prosecutors said.

Lucila Cardenas-Viejo, 81, was slain in Jersey City on Feb. 7, 2016. (Credit: Hudson County Prosecutor's Office)

The surveillance video shows a person of interest trying to get inside the home, prosecutors said.

The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office asked the public to help them identify the person in the video. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office at (201) 915-1345, or by leaving an anonymous tip on the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office official website.