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  NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 24, 2001
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Det. I Bryant C. Hoar, Ft. Dix Station
(609) 723-7122
John R. Hagerty, State Police Public Information Office
(609) 882-2000 x6515

NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE PRESS FOR I.D. IN SUSPICIOUS DEATH

Body Of Unidentified Male Found In Field In North Hanover Township
Ft. Dix Detectives Ask Public For Assistance

       North Hanover Township - New Jersey State Police detectives assigned to the Fort Dix Station in Burlington County today asked the public for help in identifying the remains of an unknown male whose body was discovered in a soy bean field off Rahilly Road in North Hanover Township, Burlington County, this past weekend.

        According to State Police Det. I Bryant C. Hoar, assigned to the Troop "C" Ft. Dix Station, the body was discovered by a local farmer on Sat., Oct. 20 and reported to the North Hanover Township Police Department and to the Ft. Dix State Police Station at approximately 2:00 p.m. Troopers and detectives from the Ft. Dix station, the North Hanover Township Police Department, along with representatives from the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office and the Medical Examiner's Office, responded to the scene.

       Initial on-scene investigation by State Police detectives determined that the body was lying at the base of a steel tower supporting high tension electric wires near the Rahilly Road soy bean field. The unidentified male appears to be between 25-35 years of age. The male is 6'2" in height, weighing approximately 230 lbs. The deceased had short black hair and sported a one-inch goatee-style beard and no moustache.

        The deceased was wearing purple/red NIKE basketball-type shorts, a gray cotton NIKE T-shirt with the word "BASEBALL" embroidered on the front chest area of the shirt, and brown NIKE three-quarter high hiking boot/sneakers. The deceased was not wearing any socks and had no identification, no jewelry and no identifying marks, tattoos or body piercings.

       An autopsy of the deceased was be performed by the Burlington County Medical Examiners Office on Oct. 21. The specific manner of death remains under investigation. However it appears that the remains were at the scene for two or three days prior to discovery and that the cause of death is consistent with injuries sustained in a fall from the tower.

       The New Jersey State Police, along with the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office, urge anyone with information about the case or information that might aid in identifying the deceased to contact Det. I Bryant Hoar at the Ft. Dix Station Criminal Investigation Office (609) 723-7122. Any information that aids the investigation will remain confidential.

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