Body Found in South Mountain Reservation
Woman walking her dog discovered body in Millburn.
A decomposing body was discovered in the South Mountain Reservation in Millburn Tuesday afternoon by a woman walking her dog, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.
The body was found in the woods, according to Katherine Carter, spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office.
She said the body is likely that of a man, wearing blue jeans and gray sneakers. The body does not show obvious sign of foul play.
The woman, who has not been identified, spotted the body about one mile south of South Orange Avenue.
The incident remains under investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Essex County Sheriff’s Office.
Patch will update this story when more information becomes available.
Mary
6:53 pm on Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Armed robbery at the station, dead bodies in the reservation, suicide at the rr station, many thefts at the mall and stealing cars, and theft of articles in cars......nerve wracking times!!
amy wall
8:18 pm on Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Wow. That's disturbing.
just me
2:09 am on Wednesday, December 21, 2011
All signs of a bad economy. Very disturbing indeed.
Car14
2:46 am on Wednesday, December 21, 2011
And they lay off cops!!!
claudia mattheiss
7:27 am on Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Sadly this seems to occurr in regular intervals. Several bodies have been found over the years up there. At one point it was the Russian Mops fav dumping ground. Remember the man and the woman in suitcases. Well however this happened..god rest his soul.
Oscar Pozzoli
7:28 am on Wednesday, December 21, 2011
I wonder if it was the homeless man that used to wonder around Eagle Rock Reservation for years.
Gary Englert
8:15 am on Wednesday, December 21, 2011
It's a tad too early to determine cause of death here; it's just as likely someone went walking in the woods and had a heart attack. As to Car14's suggestion that police layoffs had anything to do with this, the last I heard there have never been foot patrols in South Mountain Reservation and the Park Police were melded into the Sheriff's Department years ago.
Carolyn Most
4:01 pm on Wednesday, December 21, 2011
There actually were foot patrols in the res in the mid 70's because I remember being surprised by an Essex County Sheriff when I was a teenager hanging out at Hemlock falls smoking.
Gary Englert
8:17 am on Thursday, December 22, 2011
@ Carolyn Most: I'd opine the police officer that surprised you back in the day had gotten out of a squad car as a "foot patrol" defies logic given the size of the Reservation. There was, for a time, a horse mlounted unit of the Park Police back when riding the trails was far more prevalent.
Prosper
12:11 pm on Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Suicide on the tracks and someone dead in the Reservation has nothing to do with cop lay offs.
Hilding Lindquist
1:36 pm on Wednesday, December 21, 2011
What it has to do with cop layoffs is that the police do the investigating of these deaths ... and the more that has to be done by fewer numbers ... especially investigating suspicious deaths ... the less time they have for "lesser" issues ... and there--over time, maybe even unnoticed for awhile--goes the neighborhood.
Gary Englert
2:09 pm on Wednesday, December 21, 2011
@ Hilding Lindquist: Everything in manageable proportion; there will be no neighborhoods if people can't afford to live in the homes that comprise them. As has often been said, "You go to war with the army you have, not with the army you'd like."
Hilding Lindquist
5:39 am on Thursday, December 22, 2011
And? Those who can afford it live in gated communities? There are some quality of life issues here. And speaking of armies ... we're blessed to live in a democracy where our military forces are still the best.
Gary Englert
8:28 am on Thursday, December 22, 2011
@ Hilding Lindquist: Well, the bottom line remains that the essence of management is the proper allocation of scarce resources. We can afford what we can afford and police departments that have downsized have generally maintained the same patrol and operations staffing by reassigning administrative types to those functions.
And, yes, we do still have the world's finest armed forces but, do keep in mind they are significantly smaller than they've been in the past; 12% of the population during WWII and .005% of the population today.
The reason? Technology...and law enforcement can and should employ it as well, to keep the streets safe and as economically as possible.
Lisa S.
7:16 am on Thursday, December 22, 2011
Best military forces? Really? Wow...delusional. Allow me to share this:
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DB6hp8HMstkE&h=fAQHZwKNY
Clearly superior forces we have. And I can link you to many more instances like that one.
At any rate, I am sorry to hear about this man. Quite a terrible thing to happen.
Ravin Strong
10:00 am on Thursday, December 22, 2011
Someone took down my original posting regarding the maplewood/south orange police department. I fail to see how it was inappropriate...In any case the police are corrupt!
Gary Englert
10:10 am on Thursday, December 22, 2011
@ Ravin Strong: Only the webmaster can remove a post but, an anonymous accusation of corruption, without presentation of any requisite proof, is both defamatory and rather pointless.
Gary Englert
10:01 am on Thursday, December 22, 2011
@ Lisa S.: In every war, there are those whose moral compass is obliterated and who succumb to to their vilest inner demons but, the Jon Turners out there are very much the exception to the rule. Far, far more prevalent are those who bear the psychological scars of having recognized and experienced just how horrible and senseless war truly is...and they wouldn't be inclined to photograph the worst of what they saw or did as souvenirs.
I suspect Mr. Turner was a damaged soul long before his military service.
Still, so long as evil and tyrrany exist in this world, good men and women will be required to act and bear arms...and we should continue to cherish and honor those who have and those who will...most of whom do not disregard the Judeo-Christian ethic in the process.
As to demorcracynow.org and the IAVA (the organizations sponsoring the "symposium" depicted in your video), my observations would include that the far left is no less wacky than the far right and we should seek balance in all things. Yes, we do have the finest military in the world and most who serve in it do so with dignity, honor and compassion...and this discussion is completely off point here and really should be for another time and place.
RLTW!
just me
11:16 pm on Friday, January 6, 2012
Gary -- I couldn't have said it better myself. Thank you!