SECAUCUS, NJ – The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, led by Prosecutor Esther Suarez, and the Secaucus Police Department are jointly investigating the death of an unidentified man whose body was discovered in the Hackensack River on Saturday, December 9.
The Secaucus Police Department received a report of a possible body in the river near the Eastern Spur of the New Jersey Turnpike at around 12:45 p.m. A collaborative effort involving the Lyndhurst and Mahwah Fire Department Underwater Recovery Units, along with the Secaucus, Kearny, and Wallington Fire Departments, led to the recovery of the male’s body. He was pronounced dead just after 5:30 p.m.
As the individual remains unidentified, the New Jersey State Police Missing Persons Unit has been engaged to assist with identification efforts. The investigation into the cause and manner of death awaits the findings from the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office.