Man Found Dead at Ross Dock, Police Seek to Locate Next of Kin

March 7, 2025
Man Found Dead at Ross Dock, Police Seek to Locate Next of Kin

FORT LEE, N.J. — Authorities are investigating the death of a 25-year-old man whose body was discovered along the shoreline at Ross Dock on Saturday morning.

The Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department responded to the scene at approximately 10:58 a.m. and contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit. Investigators have since identified the deceased as Jairo Lopez-Lopez of Hempstead, New York.

Efforts to locate Lopez-Lopez’s next of kin have been unsuccessful.

Officials are urging anyone with information to contact the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Tips Line at (201) 226-5532.