Crime & Safety
Missing Monmouth County Teen Found Safely
The Keansburg teen boy who has been missing for more than four weeks — since March 1 — has been safely located, said the prosecutor.
KEANSBURG, NJ — The Keansburg teen boy who has been missing for more than four weeks — since March 1 — has been safely located and is unharmed, according to a spokesman for the Monmouth County Prosecutor.
Jonah Melendez, also known as Angel, 15, ran away from home on March 1. He was found March 25 in New York City by NYPD officers, said the county prosecutor.
The prosecutor's office emphasized that he is safe and was not injured.
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His parents say they think he ran away from home after being punished.
The teen boy was last seen by his parents at the family's Keansburg home March 1, a Tuesday, said Keansburg Police. His parents left him at home and went out at 9:15 a.m. When his parents got home at 1:30 that afternoon, he was gone.
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They said the teen boy does not have his own cell phone. He did not take a cell phone with him when he ran off, nor did he take any money.
His parents reported him missing to Keansburg Police the next day, at 10:16 a.m. on March 2.
He is known to have friends in Sayreville and the Bronx, said police. His parents have tried to contact him and his friends multiple times since then, but there has been no contact from the teen boy since, said police.
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