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DNA Confirms Body Of Woman Who Disappeared 14 Years Ago Was Pulled From NJ River: Officials
Fourteen years after she was last seen, the body of a Camden woman reported missing in 2010 has been identified, authorities said.
DNA results confirmed the remains pulled from a submerged car in the Cooper River in Pennsauken last year were those of Bernadine Gunner, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay said Tuesday, April 29.
Camden County Prosecutor's Office (inset)/Bernadine Waters Gunner Facebook photo
Gunner, 52, was last seen on July 11, 2010, driving her 2006 blue Hyundai Elantra after threatening to take her own life, police said.
On May 16, 2024, human remains were found …
30-Year-Old NJ Cold Case Leads To Alleged Killer Who Has Since Died
A 30-year cold case investigation has led to identifying the alleged killer, who has since died, authorities said.
The multi-agency probe "conclusively identified John Pelletier, formerly of Barnegat Township, as the individual responsible for the murder of Deborah 'Debbie' Ann Bloomquist, 30, of Ocean Township (Monmouth County), in Barnegat in 1991," Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.
Pelletier passed away in North Dakota in 2015, he said.
On Oct. 26, 1991, the body of a young woman, later identified as Deborah Ann Bloomquist, was discovered in a heavily wooded a…