Loved ones reported Thomas Kozell missing around 7 p.m. Thursday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Woodland Park Police Chief Anthony Galietti said.
His body was spotted in the water near a walking path between Browertown Road and Mt. Pleasant Avenue around 8:30 a.m. Friday, they said.
Kozell, who had dementia, apparently fell down a steep ravine behind the American Legion Hall on Mount Pleasant Avenue, borough Detective Lt. John Uzzalino said.
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