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Obituaries
Man, 35, Found Dead At Central Jersey Recycling Plant ID'd By State Police
Authorities have identified a Leesburg man whose body was discovered on a conveyor belt at a Monmouth County recycling facility. Nicholas Holsten, 35, was found dead at the Republic Services recycling plant in Farmingdale on Wednesday, Sept. 4, a state police spokesperson said on Monday, Sept. 23. Troopers responded to the Railroad Avenue facility at around 2:42 p.m. Investigators said Republic employees were sorting materials when they spotted Holsten's body on the conveyor belt. The Republic Services recycling plant in Farmingdal…
Schools
Custodian's Body Found At South Jersey Charter School, Classes Canceled
A South Jersey charter school was closed Wednesday, Sept. 18 after a custodian was found dead as staff arrived, according to authorities. The body was that of a woman maintenance worker at the Mastery High School on Erie Street in Camden, Dan Keashen, a spokesman for Camden County, said on Thursday, Sept. 19 as school reopened. Her body was discovered in the hallway around 7 a.m., he said. The woman's name and age have not been released pending an investigation by Camden County Police and toxicology reports, Keashen said. Her death is not considered suspicious, he said. Calls to the …
Police & Fire
Woman Found Dead Next To Jetty Near Atlantic City Resort, Investigation Underway
A woman was found dead along the oceanfront near the Atlantic City Boardwalk, authorities said. The woman's body was found next to a jetty behind the Flagship Resort on North Maine Avenue on Thursday, Aug. 1, a spokesperson from the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office confirmed. The woman was discovered wearing a bathing suit at around 5:30 a.m., abc6 Action News reported. Daily Voice has also reached out to the city for information. A spokesperson hasn't responded as of press time. The prosecutor's office is investigating the woman's death. Stay with Daily Voice for updates on this …
Police & Fire
Woman Found Dead In Atlantic City Apartment, Prosecutors Say
A woman was found dead in an Atlantic City apartment, authorities said. Atlantic City police discovered 29-year-old Janessa Morgan's body inside a second-floor apartment at 3 South Raleigh Avenue at around 10:09 a.m. on Wednesday, June 5, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release on Thursday, June 13. A pronouncement nurse declared her dead at the scene. The South Regional Medical Examiner’s Office will perform an autopsy on Morgan to determine her cause of death. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office’s Major Crimes Unit and the Atlantic City Police Dep…
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore House Fire, Man's Death Ruled Not Suspicious: Officials
An Ocean City house fire and the death of a person found at the home are not considered suspicious, officials said. A city spokesperson said there were no "suspicious or intentional" factors about the fire. It happened on the 1900 block of Asbury Avenue at around 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 15. Ronald Reichenbach, 63, was found dead at the house. The cause of his death was pending a toxicology report. Investigators were still working to find out what started the fire.
Police & Fire
Escaped Inmate Gino Hagenkotter Found Dead In Philadelphia Warehouse: Police
The body of an escaped Philadelphia inmate was found in a warehouse, officials said. Gino Hagenkotter's body was found in a warehouse on the 1100 block of E. Venango Street around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 11, city police said. Hagenkotter, 34, an inmate at Riverside Correctional Facility, escaped while working a detail assignment in the orchard behind Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Facility (PICC) on Nov. 30. "A preliminary investigation of the scene revealed a broken air vent and a pushed-out fan, suggesting forced entry," police said. "Additionally, a ladder was found lying n…
News
Jersey Shore Hiker Collapses, Dies On Catskills Trail: Report
A hiker from New Jersey complaining of chest discomfort and breathing problems collapsed and died while hiking in the Catskills last weekend, officials said. The man was identified by the Times Union as Ravi K. Vegiraju, 50, of Morganville. The incident happened in Greene County in the hamlet of Lanesville around 8:50 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 16. According to officials with the Department of Conservation, the hiker collapsed on the Diamond Notch Trail in the Hunter-West Kill Wilderness Area. Members of Vegiraju's hiking group began CPR while another hiker called 911. Two nearby EMT…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Death Of Woman, 39, Found In Backyard Saddle River Pool Probed (
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Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Tuesday that the death of a 39-year-old woman found in a backyard pool the day before is being investigated. Saddle River police were called to the $2.7 million home on Fox Hedge Road off East Allendale Road at 4:26 p.m. Monday, July 31. They began life-saving measures that were continued by Bergen County EMS paramedics, who also used a bag-valve mask as they rushed her to their rig.They continued CPR all the way to HUMC, where she was pronounced dead, Saddle River Police Chief Jason Cosgriff said. Musella said his Major Crimes Unit and Saddle Riv…
Police & Fire
Funeral Services Announced For Slain South Jersey Police Officer
Funeral services were announced for Deptford Police Officer Robert J. “Bobby” Shisler, 27, who died Sunday, May.7 as a result of a gunshot wound in March. Shisler’s service is scheduled for noon on May 17 at Rowan University’s Pfleeger Concert Hall in Glassboro. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a pass and reflection from 9 a.m. to noon that day at the same hall at 201 Mullica Hill Road. The burial is private. Shisler is survived by his mother, Tracy; father, Robert; brother, Tyler; and sister, Ashley; grandparents, godparents and others, according to his obituary. The 20…
Police & Fire
Death Investigated At South Jersey Hotel: Prosecutor
Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found at a Rodeway Inn in Burlington County. A person of interest has been taken into custody, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. The investigation began Thursday, April 20 after officers from the Mount Laurel Police Department were called to the hotel on Route 73 in Mount Laurel.just before 10 a.m., Bradshaw said. Police found the decedent, whose name is being withheld at this time, outside of a room near a stairwell, the prosecutor said. An autopsy will be performed by Burlington County Medic…
Police & Fire
Woman, 74, Killed In South Jersey House Fire
A 74-year-old woman was killed in a house fire early Wednesday, March 8 in Burlington County, authorities said. The fire broke out at about 5:54 a.m. on the second floor of a home at 2 Whitlow Drive, Westampton Police Chief Stephen Ent said. Maria Green died in the fire, the chief said. The incident is being investigated by the Westampton Twp. Fire Marshal's Office, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office and the Westampton Twp. Police Department. The fire is not suspicious at this time, Ent said. Once on location, firefighters were able to extinguish the fire in&…
News
Missing Ridgewood Mom Found Dead In Hawthorne
UPDATE: "Unfortunately, Ridgewood resident Deanne Dunne has been found deceased in the Borough of Hawthorne," Ridgewood Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke announced shortly before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. "The Hawthorne Police are investigating the incident with the assistance of the Passaic County Prosecutors Office," the chief said. "At this time, no foul play is suspected. "Our thoughts are with her family and friends." Deanne J. Dunne, 56, had a troubled history, including a near-fatal incident more than two years ago. She was last seen leaving her Northern Parkway home near th…
Police & Fire
PA Man Posted Chilling Message On Facebook Days Before Fisherman Found His Body
"Tomorrow is not promised, so you have to live life and do the things that you want to do." On Sept. 27, that's what Anthony Counterman posted on his Facebook page. Four days earlier he wrote: "You have to make a change in life at some point of time." On Friday, Oct. 7, Counterman was found dead. A fisherman discovered the 26-year-old former Stroudsburg man's body in the water of Pocono Creek near Tanite Road in Stroud Township around 9:15 a.m., Stroud Area Regional police said. His body was recovered about three hours later. An autopsy will be conducted, but…
Police & Fire
NJ Dad Who Went Missing During Family Trip To PA Found Dead Near Campground
A New Jersey man who went missing during a family trip to Pennsylvania has been found dead, authorities said. Adrien Hachey, 43, was reported missing around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, after his family said that he was gone when they woke up on their private camping site on Mount Pleasant Lane in Hazle Township (Luzerne County), Pennsylvania State Police said. A body found Monday, Aug. 22 in a nearby small body of water was confirmed to be that of Hachey’s, according to police. Hachey, of Bernards Township, was on the trip with his four sons, along with his girlfrie…
Police & Fire
Human Remains Found By
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Worker Mowing Grass On Rt. 80, State Police Say (
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Human remains were found by a transportation department worker on Route 80, state police confirmed. The NJDOT worker was mowing the grass when the remains were found near the eastbound lanes on the right shoulder in the grass at milepost 16.6 in Allamuchy shortly after 12:25 p.m. on Thursday, August 18, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told DailyVoice.com. The remains were identified as those of a Black male, Marchan said. The cause of death is unknown. The incident is under investigation. Additional details were not released.
Police & Fire
Murder-Suicide Investigated In South Jersey: Prosecutor
An apparent murder-suicide is being investigated in Cape May County, authorities said. Thursday morning, July 21, the Middle Township police responded to a residence on West Atlantic Avenue to check the well being of the occupants. Police found two deceased individuals, according to Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Chief Christopher Leusner of the Middle Township Police Department. Detectives from the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office and the Middle Township Police Department are conducting an investigation. Sutherland said, "This …
Police & Fire
Missing NJ Man Found Dead, Police Say
A 22-year-old man who went missing Thursday, June 16 was found dead on Friday, authorities in Mercer County said. There are no signs of foul play and no danger to the community, though the investigation remains ongoing, West Windsor police said. His identity was not released and he was described as Asian. ORIGINAL STORY: West Windsor Police officers responded to the missing person’s report near Princeton-Hightstown Road in the area of Citizen’s Rifle and Revolver Club to search for the missing 22-year-old endangered resident around 8:55 p.m. on Thursday, June 16, the department said. …
Police & Fire
Police ID Man Found Dead Behind Route 206 QuickChek
A Bridgewater man was found dead in his car behind a QuickChek in Somerset County early this week, authorities said. Michael Sokolinski was pronounced dead at the scene behind the Route 206 convenience store in Hillsborough Monday, June 6, Acting Somerset County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said. The death remains under investigation by detectives pending an autopsy and toxicology report from the New Jersey Northern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. This is a developing story. Check back for more.
News
Body Of Man In Late 20s Or 30s Pulled From Hudson River North Of GWB
Authorities were trying to identify a man whose body washed up on the Hudson River shoreline in the shadow of the George Washington Bridge. The fully-clothed body reportedly was first spotted by a jet skier on the Washington Heights side of the river sometime Tuesday evening. Palisades Interstate Parkway police were called to the Englewood Marina off Henry Hudson Drive in Englewood Cliffs around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday after it reached the shoreline there, PIP Police Lt. Raymond E. Walter said. The victim is about 5-foot-8 and 200 pounds and appeared to have been in his late 20s or 30s, Walter…
Police & Fire
Boat Captain's Body Pulled From Margate Waters: Report
The body of a popular boat captain was found floating near a dock in South Jersey, NJ Advance Media reported. Edward Cairns, 71, was found dead between the dock and marshland during low tide at about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 31, near Graef Boat Yard on Longport Boulevard in Egg Harbor Township, the outlet said. Cairns lived on his boat and was a well-known Margate-area resident for more than three decades, police said in a news release. A preliminary investigation suggests that there "were no obvious signs of foul play," however, the investigation is still ongoing to determine the cause…
Police & Fire
Body Of Missing EU Delegate From Bethesda Found Two Months After Disappearance
The body of Sibylle Zitko, a missing EU delegate from Bethesda who was reported missing in January, has been found. Zitko, 54, went missing from the Lock 7 area of the C&O Canal around 6 a.m. on Jan. 6, the US Park Police originally reported. Her body was located after someone reported finding a woman’s body in the area of Lock 5 of the park on Friday, March 8, Bethesda Magazine reports. Park Police officially cancelled the search for Zitko on Friday, March 18 after the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner positively identified the body as Zitko's. pic.twitter.com/LYxW…
Obituaries
Body Of NJ Man Missing For Months Found By Hunters, Police Say
The body of a well-known 23-year-old man missing for months was found by hunters in a wooded area in Sussex County, authorities confirmed Tuesday. North Warren High School graduate Daniel Cannone — who went missing last October — was found dead in Frankford early Sunday, Blairstown Police said. He was found near in a “not often traversed” wooded area near the Frankford Municipal Building, according to the NJHerald, which cites assistant Sussex County Prosecutor Gregory Mueller. Cannone, of Blairstown, had last been seen on a RING camera on Saturday, Oct. 16, DailyVoice.com reported. He wa…
Police & Fire
Woman Found Dead After House Fire In Cape May County: Prosecutor
Authorities are investigating the death of a woman whose remains were found after a house fire in Cape May County. The unidentified woman was found Sunday, Feb. 6 in a home destroyed by fire at 224 Suzane Road in North Cape May, according to Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Chief Kevin Lewis of the Lower Township Police Department. Once the fire of the fully-involved structure was extinguished, the remains were found in a bedroom at the residence, they said. An autopsy was conducted on Sunday, and the cause of the fire is being investigated by …
News
Community Support Surges For Family Of Cumberland County Man Found Dead
The community is rallying around a family whose son was found dead on Monday in Cumberland County. Sherwood Collins created a GoFundMe page to help with living expenses for the parents of Jonathan Morris II. Morris, 23, had gone missing early Friday morning in the Bridgeton area. New Jersey State Police had not released any details about his death early Tuesday. His body was found during a search in Hopewell. He was known to friends and family as "Jon Jon." "We’re asking the community and beyond for financial support for both parents as they will be out of work for an ext…
Police & Fire
Strip Club Fight: 3 Suspects Charged In Assault Of South Jersey Man Found Dead, Police Say
Three men have been arrested in connection with a fight at a strip club that occurred early Sunday before a South Jersey man went missing and was later found dead. The body of Irving Mayren-Guzman, 19, of Egg Harbor Township, was found in a marsh near the Centerfolds Night Club in Pleasantville on Tuesday morning. Jamaul Timberlake, 30, Atlantic City; John Hands, 24, of Pleasantville and Garnell Hands, 29, of Pleasantville were taken into custody Wednesday evening, according to Pleasantville police. All three men were charged with second-degree aggravated assault and consp…
Police & Fire
Camden County Residents 'Shelter-In-Place' For Death Investigation
Residents of a Camden County town were advised to "shelter-in-place" for a death investigation, according to developing reports and county officials. Police presence was to be expected near Myrtle Lane in Winslow Township "for a few hours," initial reports said at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. No criminal activity was suspected, said Andrew Kramer, a spokesman with the Camden County Prosecutor's Office. Winslow Township police were not immediately available for comment. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
News
Body Of NJ Man Found In New Orleans 2 Months After Disappearance: Report
The body of a 33-year-old New Jersey man was found in New Orleans more than two months after his disappearance, The Lakewood Scoop reports. Michael Gelfand, of Jackson, was found dead in NoLa on Monday, March 21, the outlet said citing sources. His body is being flown back to New Jersey for burial. Gelfand arrived in New Orleans on Jan. 5 for business and was scheduled to return to his home in New Jersey on Jan. 6, police said. His family has not heard from him since Jan. 6. This is a developing story. Check back for more. Click here for more from The Lakewood Scoop.
Obituaries
Man Found Dead In Car Parked At Walmart IDd By Coroner
Authorities have identified the man found dead in a vehicle parked outside of a Walmart. Frank Nispel, 55, was found dead in his vehicle on Saturday afternoon, according to a release by the York County coroner's office. Nispel is thought to have been living in his vehicle in the parking lot of East York Walmart located at 2801 East Market Street, according to the coroner. His time of death was listed as 4:07 p.m., according to the release. An autopsy was performed and the results are pending, but no foul play is suspected, according to officials. He lived in Wrightsville, Red Lion and Yo…
Police & Fire
Body Found On University Of Maryland Campus
A man was found dead on the grass of the University of Maryland Campus, the school's police said. First responders found the man in the grass outside Mowatt Lane Parking Garage around 6 a.m. on Dec. 21. He was pronounced dead on the scene. There was no known threat to campus, according to police. Police have not identified the person who died. An autopsy is being conducted to determine the cause of death.
Obituaries
Penn State Student, NJ Native Justine Gross Found Dead
Authorities are investigating the death of a 19-year-old Penn State student whose body was found Friday morning. Justine Gross, of Summit, NJ, was last seen Wednesday night and reported missing Thursday night, StateCollege.com reports. Police said Gross' death was accidental in nature and the Centre County Coroner’s Office are investigating. Sharing this sad news for a friend whose niece died yesterday. The family needs and deserves answers. 🙏🏽 The State... Posted by Shelly Jones on Friday, November 12, 2021 “We are heartbroken for the family and friends of Justine Gross and offer o…
Police & Fire
Body Pulled From Creek In Camden County
The body of a deceased male was pulled from Timber Creek in South Jersey, authorities said. The body was found on the 400 block of Front Street in Gloucester Township on Monday morning, said Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Gloucester Township Police Chief David Harkins. No further details are available at this time. Anyone with information is urged to call Detective Tanner Ogilvie with the CCPO’s Major Crimes Unit at 856-650-6398 or Gloucester Township Police Detective Nicholas Aumendo at 856-228-4500. Tips can also be sent anonymously to ccpotips@ccprosecutor.org.
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