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Unidentified Woman Found Dead in Carteret UPDATE: Identified

Carteret

NJ State Police are asking for the public’s help as they try to identify the body of a woman found along the shore of Waterfront Park in Carteret earlier this month.

Officials said the woman, who was found Feb. 2, is estimated to be between 20 and 30 years old and is likely of Middle Eastern descent, according to State Police.

According to NJ State Police, she was 5-foot-6-inches tall, about 125 pounds and was wearing white Adidas sneakers, black Adidas pants and a dark grey hoodie under a black jacket.

A State Police detective from the forensic imaging unit created a sketch of the woman.

Waterfront Park is about 20 acres and sits along the Arthur Kill in the northernmost municipality on Middlesex County.

Anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Sean Gusrang of the State Police Missing Persons & Human Trafficking Unit at 609-882-2000 x 2554 or email him at sean.gusrang@njsp.org. Anonymous tips are welcome.

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