Police Can't Identify Body Found In Branchburg

BRANCHBURG, NJ — More questions than answers surround the discovery of a woman's body found in the center median of Route 22 in Branchburg on Wednesday afternoon.

Authorities are following leads to try and figure out the circumstances surrounding her death and attempting to identify the woman, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said.

The body was reported to Branchburg Police on April 5 around 1:22 p.m. The report said that the woman was on the center median of Route 22 near Route 28, in Branchburg, Robertson said.

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Detectives from the Branchburg Township Police Department, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Crime Scene Investigations and Forensics Unit, Investigator’s from the New Jersey Northern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office and Special Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Franklin Township Field Office) responded to conduct the death investigation.

A post-mortem examination will be performed by the Northern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office to determine the cause and manner of her death.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Somerset County Prosecutors Office Major Crimes Unit at (908) 231-7100, the Branchburg Township Police Department (908) 526-3830 or the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888- 577-TIPS (8477) or online at www.888577tips.org or www.scpo.net and click on either “Crime Stoppers” or “TIPS HOTLINE”.

All anonymous Crime Stopper tips will be kept confidential.

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