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NEW DETAILS: Missing NJ State Park Hiker Found In Rockland, Thanks To Facebook, Ring NEW DETAILS: Missing NJ State Park Hiker Found In Rockland, Thanks To Facebook, Ring
NEW Details: Missing NJ State Park Hiker Found In Rockland, Thanks To Facebook, Ring 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A 63-year-old hiker from Wayne who'd gone missing in Ringwood State Park was found a few miles away the next day across the state line in Rockland County, authorities said. Police say they can thank Ring and Facebook. Carol Fumiko Heimbach was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern after she was located in Sloatsburg around 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 4, said Caryn Shinske, the senior press officer for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. She was none the worse for wear, although still a bit disoriented from a night in the woods, responders said. Heimback, who r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Search For Missing Person Ends Tragically Near NJ Mountain Search For Missing Person Ends Tragically Near NJ Mountain
Search For Missing Person Ends Tragically Near NJ Mountain The search for a missing person ended tragically when their body was found near a New Jersey mountain, authorities said. The person, whose name is being withheld, was last seen on Friday, Aug. 18, according to Hopewell Township and Pennington Borough police. Their personal car was found unoccupied in the parking lot of Baldpate Mountain. A search was launched immediately. The victim's body was found and no foul play was suspected. Assisting agencies included the Mercer County Prosecutors Office, Mercer County Sheriff’s Department, West Windsor Police Department, Lawrence Township Police D…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Missing Princeton University Student Misrach Ewunetie Found Dead: Prosecutor Missing Princeton University Student Misrach Ewunetie Found Dead: Prosecutor
Missing Princeton University Student Misrach Ewunetie Found Dead: Prosecutor The body of missing Princeton University student Misrach Ewunetie was found the afternoon on Thursday, Oct. 20, authorities have confirmed. Her body was found on the facility grounds behind the tennis courts around 1 p.m., according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri and Kenneth Strother Jr., Princeton University assistant vice president for public safety. Ewunetie, 20, was last seen alive near Scully Hall around 3 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 14, DailyVoice.com reported. Ewunetie's phone last pinged early Sunday, Oct. 16 to a residential area in Penns Neck — about a 7-minute drive from…

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by Valerie Musson
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Skeletal Remains Of Missing New Jersey Man Found In Wharton State Forest By Hunter Skeletal Remains Of Missing New Jersey Man Found In Wharton State Forest By Hunter
Skeletal Remains Of Missing New Jersey Man Found In Wharton State Forest By Hunter Skeletal remains found in Waterford Township were identified as Cherry Hill missing person Peter Myers, authorities said. Myers, 68, was reported missing to the Cherry Hill Police Department by family members on June 7. On Tuesday, Oct. 4, a man hunting in a remote section of Wharton State Forest saw what appeared to be human skeletal remains and contacted the Waterford Township Police Department, local police said. Myers’ vehicle was found abandoned on a dirt access road leading to a Waterford section of Wharton State Forest, police said. Police did not say how the remains were identifie…

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by Jon Craig
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DRAMATIC RESCUE: Hero Police Officer Saves Troubled Girl, 14, Who Jumped Into Hackensack River DRAMATIC RESCUE: Hero Police Officer Saves Troubled Girl, 14, Who Jumped Into Hackensack River
Dramatic Rescue: Hero Police Officer Saves Troubled Girl, 14, Who Jumped Into Hackensack River A rookie River Edge police officer dove into the Hackensack River to rescue a troubled teen who quickly began drowning after she jumped in. Officer Maclane Doran and the 14-year-old girl both went under at least once as the current took her under a footbridge late Wednesday, April 27, River Edge Police Chief Michael J. Walker said. "Then the girl began to go limp -- probably the onset of hypothermia," the chief said. "The river temp was about 50 degrees." Doran brought the girl to the shoreline. Sgt. Marc Abate and Officer Edward Blue helped get her out before she was taken to Hackensack U…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fugitive Wanted For Setting HUMC Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide Fugitive Wanted For Setting HUMC Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide
Fugitive Wanted For Setting Humc Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of suicide in South Jersey, authorities said. The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said. HUMC employees were n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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IT'S OVER: Fugitive Sought For Setting HUMC Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide IT'S OVER: Fugitive Sought For Setting HUMC Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide
IT'S Over: Fugitive Sought For Setting Humc Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of his own hand in South Jersey, authorities said. The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said. HUMC employees w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Central Jersey Teen Found Dead Mourned By Midget Car Racing Community Central Jersey Teen Found Dead Mourned By Midget Car Racing Community
Central Jersey Teen Found Dead Mourned By Midget Car Racing Community A 17-year-old boy reported missing was found dead in Monmouth County, authorities said. Shawn Erm was being mourned by the New Jersey midget car racing community. R.i.p. shawn erm please keep in our prayers the erm family in this trying time a great quarter midget family who always... Posted by David Cordova on Monday, November 1, 2021 Shawn disappeared from the Wall/Howell border Sunday, New Jersey State Park Police said. Shawn walked out of his Carmerville Road home in Wall around 3:45 p.m., authorities said. His vehicle was located at an Allaire State Park access point on Hurley Po…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: Drowning Child Rescued From Round Valley Reservoir, 2nd Swimmer Found Safe, Police Say UPDATE: Drowning Child Rescued From Round Valley Reservoir, 2nd Swimmer Found Safe, Police Say
Update: Drowning Child Rescued From Round Valley Reservoir, 2nd Swimmer Found Safe, Police Say Lifeguards at a Hunterdon County reservoir rescued a girl from the water Tuesday afternoon, and a man witnesses say went in to help was later found safely ashore, state police confirmed. The girl was rescued from the water at Round Valley Reservoir in Lebanon with help from lifeguards and her mother around 4 p.m., NJSP Trooper Lawrence Peele told Daily Voice. Carteret Station Marine Bureau troopers initiated a search with South Branch Emergency Services after witnesses stated that a Hispanic man had entered the water to help the girl but never resurfaced, authorities said. New Jersey State…

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by Valerie Musson
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Giant Whale Skull Washes Up On Jersey Shore Giant Whale Skull Washes Up On Jersey Shore
Giant Whale Skull Washes Up On Jersey Shore A giant whale skull washed up on the Jersey Shore Monday. New Jersey State Park Police found the remains near A2 beach access path of Island Beach State Park in Ocean County after the storm. Officials determined the bones comprised the ventral (lower) jaw and skull of a Minke whale. Minke whales are members of the "great" whale family and can grow up to 35 feet long, according to the NOAA Fisheries.  They can weigh as much as 20,000 pounds and typically live to be about 50 years old. "Minke whales in the United States are not endangered or threatened, but they are protecte…

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by Cecilia Levine & Jillian Pikora