A Month After Man Found Dead Near Hoboken Border, Few Details

HOBOKEN, NJ —A month after man's body was found in Union City near the 14th Street Viaduct, up the hill from Hoboken, prosecutors have released only a few details pending the medical examiner's report.

However, they said this week that there is no criminal investigation into the death.

The man was found the morning of Jan. 13 near the Viaduct, a county road that brings drivers up the Palisade hills from Hoboken to Jersey City Heights and Union City. The area is known to include homeless encampments, and men have been found there deceased before.

In 2013, a 55-year-old homeless man was found dead in a makeshift shelter on the cliffs, according to NJ.com. No foul play was suspected. In 2018, a 62-year-old homeless man was stabbed to death in the area of the "makeshift homes" near Manhattan Avenue, NJ.com reported. A 79-year-old man was charged in the death.

Last month, the office of Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez Tweeted on Jan. 13, "The Prosecutor's Office Homicide Unit and Union City Police Department are investigating the death of an adult male found in the area of 14th Street & Manhattan Ave in Union City. More information to follow."

When asked for information over the past week, a spokeswoman for the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office declined to release the cause of death, pending a report. But she said the man was 37 and said his last known address was in Union City. She would not say if the man had been homeless at the time of his death.

No other details were available.