Body Of Missing NJ Man Found In Falls Township

FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA — The Bucks County Coroner has identified the man whose body was found between the Delaware River and Biles Creek on March 21 as a missing man from New Jersey.

Coroner Meredith Buck said the man is Zachary Lobato, 24, of Hamilton (Mercer County). He had been missing since Jan. 27, officials said.

Buck said Lobato was witnessed jumping from the Trenton Makes bridge that day.

A fisherman on the Delaware River alerted authorities when they spotted a body last Tuesday on the river in Falls Township.

Falls Township Police and the Morrisville Fire Department assisted the Coroner’s Office with recovery of the body, said Buck.

There were no obvious signs of trauma on Lobato's body, Bucks said. The cause and manner of his death are pending further investigation.

“Our office extends its deepest condolences to the Decedent’s family and friends during this difficult time," she said in a news release.

The Falls Township Police Department was called to the area of 2300 South Pennsylvania Ave. at 5:19 p.m. on March 21 for a report of a body by Biles Creek, as Patch previously reported.

Patrol officers and detectives worked with area fire rescue teams to place a boat in the water and recover the remains, Falls Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney said.

Lodato was a senior at Rider University in Lawrenceville and studying organizational psychology, according to the Rider News. The university announced his death in February.