Body found near Lincoln Park playground connected to earlier car fire, police

Charlie Dwyer

LINCOLN PARK, NJ – The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office has reported that a body found in the area of Lyn Park at around 3 pm was related to an earlier car fire nearby.

At around 8 am, police and firefighters responded to a car fire in the parking lot of a business on Ungerer Way.

Lyn Park is just a few blocks south of the location of the earlier car fire.


Police did not say how but did say the two incidents were connected.

“This is an active and ongoing investigation and is related to the investigation near Lynn Park. There is no threat to the community,” the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said.

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