NJ Homeless Man Dies In Busy City Square, Nobody Notices: Report

JERSEY CITY, NJ — It may have been Sunday evening when a 56-year-old homeless man walked into Journal Square in Jersey City, sat down by the 9/11 memorial fountain and died. Police aren’t exactly sure.

But it wasn’t until 7 a.m. on Monday – at least 12 hours after he passed away – that someone finally noticed the man was dead and called police about his body, a report says.

Police told NJ.com that the homeless man’s body was discovered by a man who stops and says hello to him on his daily commute. When the bystander ran into him on Monday and noticed that the man wasn’t breathing, he called the cops.

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A doctor on the scene said that the man had been dead for at least 12 hours before someone called the authorities, NJ.com reported.

The homeless man’s sisters told police that he suffered from high blood pressure and diabetes. Foul play isn’t suspected, authorities said.

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Journal Square, a business district and residential area near the intersection of Kennedy Boulevard and Bergen Avenues, is abutted by the busy Journal Square PATH Station which serves thousands of people every week.

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