UNION COUNTY AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING THE MURDER OF A MAN
" Police Are Seeking Assistance In Identifying The Torso Of A Man Found Tuesday Floating In Elizabeth, New Jersey Waters."
Sunday, May 21, 2023, 3:00 A.M. ET. By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
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ELIZABETH, NJ.- Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel reported that a Homicide investigation is underway in connection with a Torso that was found floating in the waters on the Elizabeth, New Jersey Waterfront.
On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at approximately 5:00 p.m., Members of The Elizabeth Police Department responded to South Front Street on The Elizabeth Waterfront and discovered a White Male Torso, floating in The Elizabeth River where it enters The Arthur Kill Waterway. The Body was recovered and transported to The Union County Medical Examiner's Office, which subsequently determined the Man's Manner of Death to be Homicide.
The investigation remains active and ongoing and is being led by The Union County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force and Detectives of The Elizabeth Police Department.
Anyone with information regarding the Death of the Man is urged to contact Homicide Task Force Sgt. Filipe Afonso at (908) 603-7116 or Homicide Task Force Detective Kenneth Luongo at (908) 347-1935 or you can contact Elizabeth Police Detective James Szpond at (908) 558-2041.
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