Body Of Highland Park Man Pulled From Raritan River

HIGHLAND PARK, NJ — Authorities pulled the body of a man from the Raritan River Sunday afternoon, and it has now been determined to be a 37-year-old Highland Park resident, said Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Highland Park Police Chief Richard Abrams.

At 4:15 p.m. Sunday, police were called to the Donaldson Park boat ramp in Highland Park for a report of a person floating in the river.

Officers located Michael Davis, Jr., 37, of Highland Park floating in the water. Davis was pronounced dead at the scene.

His cause of death remains undetermined pending the completion of an autopsy by the Middlesex County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Guy Palumbo of the Highland Park Police Department at (732) 572-3800, or Detective Ryan Tighe of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-4335.

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