Still Unsolved: Police Seek Clues Decades After Finding Man’s Body On Madison Train Platform

Investigators continue to search for clues nearly four decades after the finding the body of a murdered man on a Madison train platform.

The body of James Wescoe, 34, was found on the train platform at the Madison Train Station in Madison on Thursday, Oct. 21, 1982, the Morris County Prosecutor’s office said.
Photo Credit: *Morris County Prosecutor's Office*

Valerie Musson

10/21/2021 3:27 p.m.

The body of James Wescoe, 34, was found on the train platform by an employee at the Madison Train Station in Madison around 3:15 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 21, 1982, the Morris County Prosecutor’s office said.

Wescoe, of Charnwood Avenue in New Providence, NJ, had been at the Park Tavern in Madison around 12:30 that morning, authorities said.

Wescoe was last seen alive walking alone on Lincoln Avenue around 12:50 a.m.

The case was ruled a homicide, and no arrests have been made.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office at (973) 285-6200.

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