Crime & Safety

Body Found Along Bank Of Delaware River In Mercer County

An investigation was prompted after the body of a Hunterdon County man was pulled from the river on Friday, said police.

TRENTON, NJ — The body of a Hunterdon County man was found along the bank of the Delaware River in Trenton on Friday.

On April 5 at 6:37 p.m., New Jersey State Police(NJSP) Troopers went to Marine Terminal Park in Trenton, for a recovered human body, said NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron.

The man was identified as Jeffrey Defrehn Sr., 76, from Ringoes, said Lebron.

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The incident remains under investigation, and no additional information is available at this time.

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