Crime & Safety

Man's Body Found In Abandoned New Brunswick Home

Breaking: His body was discovered at approximately 9:59 a.m. Friday morning, April 5 at an abandoned home on Welton Street.

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A view down Welton Street in the city of New Brunswick.
A view down Welton Street in the city of New Brunswick. (Google Earth)

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — The body of a dead man has been recovered from the basement of an abandoned home on Welton Street in New Brunswick, the Middlesex County prosecutor announced Friday afternoon.

The man is currently unidentified and how he died remains unknown at this point. His body was discovered at approximately 9:59 a.m. Friday morning, April 5.

The cause of death remains under investigation. An autopsy is scheduled to be performed today by the Middlesex County Medical Examiner’s Office.

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The investigation is active and is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Erika DiMarcello of the New Brunswick Police Department at (732) 745- 5200, or Detective Grace Brown of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3373.

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