Details Released On Dead Body Found Floating In Carteret Waterway

Details were released on a dead body that was found floating in a New Jersey waterway within the past 24 hours, and an investigation was ongoing on Wednesday.

The body of an unidentified man was recovered Tuesday from under a pier on the Arthur Kill, according to a release from Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Deputy Chief Dennis McFadden of the Carteret Police Department.

Authorities are attempting to identify the victim, who was discovered at about 6 p.m. by a passerby who called police, according to the MCPO.

The victim was described as a middle-aged white man with brown hair, between 5 feet 9 inches and 6 feet tall and weighing between 200 and 250 pounds. He was wearing blue pants, a blue jacket and black sneakers.

The cause of death remains under investigation. An autopsy is scheduled to be performed today by the Middlesex County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Luis Maldonado of the Carteret Police Department at (732) 541-4181 or Detective Joseph Chesseri of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3115

We'll have more information as it comes in.

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