Missing 4-Year-Old Boy Found Dead In NJ Lake: Police

HAMILTON, NJ - A four-year-old boy who was reported missing Thursday was found dead in a New Jersey lake less than an hour later, authorities said.

The boy, who was last seen about 40 minutes before police were contacted on Thursday, was found at 6:02 p.m. in John A. Roebling Memorial Park’s Spring Lake, Hamilton police said in a statement.

He was pulled out of the water by Hamilton Township Fire Department members and transported to the hospital where was pronounced dead, police said.

The identity of the boy was not immediately released by authorities.

Hamilton police and the Mercer County Prosecutors Office Homicide Task Force are investigating the incident.

Anyone with additional information is urged to contact Det. Pat Quick of the Criminal Investigations Juvenile Section at (609) 581-4111 or the Hamilton Police Crime Tip Hotline at (609) 581 - 4008.